“ President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that during the meeting with him, US President Donald Trump did not say “no” to the possibility of supplying Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, but he did not say “yes” either. Source: Zelenskyi in an interview with NBC news, which was recorded shortly after the meeting with Trump and will be broadcast on Sunday. Direct speech: “It is good that President Trump did not say no, but to date he has not said yes either.” Details: At the same time, Zelenskyi noted that he expects to continue the dialogue on long-range missiles. “We use thousands of long-range Ukrainian-made drones to defeating military targets. But Russia uses not only drones of Iranian production and their own production…, but also missiles of Russian production and long-range missiles of North Korean production. It is very difficult to operate only with Ukrainian drones. We need long-range Tomahawks and similar weapons that the United States has in order to carry out combined attacks, as Russia does,” explained the Ukrainian president. Zelensky noted that the Ukrainian military, armed with Tomahawk missiles, is a real threat to the ruler of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. “I think that Putin is afraid that the United States will provide us with Tomahawk missiles. And I think he’s really afraid that we’ll use them,” he said. At the same time, NBC news notes that returning to Ukraine without the Tomahawk missile agreement “probably prompts Zelensky’s critics to ask why he came to the United States in the first place.” Background: On October 17, Zelensky went to a meeting at the White House at the invitation of Donald Trump. This happened after their two consecutive telephone conversations, the meeting was planned to discuss extremely sensitive issues. The interlocutor in the delegation said that the president of Ukraine arrived at the meeting with maps to show the vulnerable points of the Russian defense industry and economy. Zelensky said he would offer Donald Trump a deal to get Tomahawk cruise missiles in exchange for Ukrainian drone systems. According to the media, at the meeting, Trump made it clear that not yet is considering providing Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Trump and Zelensky in Washington on October 17, photo by AFP via Getty Images Source: Zelensky in an interview NBC newswhich was recorded shortly after the meeting with Trump and will air on Sunday
Direct speech: “It’s good that President Trump didn’t say no, but to date he hasn’t said yes either.”
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Details: At the same time, Zelensky noted that he expects to continue the dialogue on long-range missiles.
“We use thousands of Ukrainian-made long-range drones to strike military targets. But Russia uses not only Iranian-made drones and their own-made drones … but also Russian-made missiles and North Korean-made long-range missiles. It’s very difficult to operate only with Ukrainian drones. We need long-range Tomahawks and similar weapons that the US has to carry out combined attacks, as it does Russia,” explained the Ukrainian president.
Zelensky noted that the Ukrainian military, armed with Tomahawk missiles, is a real threat to the ruler of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.
“I think Putin is afraid that the United States will give us Tomahawk missiles. And I think he is really afraid that we will use them,” he said.
Simultaneously NBC news notes that returning to Ukraine without the Tomahawk missile agreement “probably prompts Zelensky’s critics to ask why he came to the United States in the first place.”
Prehistory:
- On October 17, Zelensky went to a meeting at the White House at the invitation of Donald Trump. This happened after their two consecutive telephone conversations, the meeting was planned to discuss extremely sensitive issues.
- The interlocutor in the delegation said that the president of Ukraine arrived at the meeting with maps to show the vulnerable points of the Russian defense industry and economy.
- Zelensky said he would offer Donald Trump a deal to get Tomahawk cruise missiles in exchange for Ukrainian drone systems.
- According to the media, at the meeting, Trump made it clear that he is not yet considering providing Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles.