“ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that the Ukrainian and American sides have decided not to talk publicly about long-range systems yet, and added that the US does not want an escalation. Source: Zelensky at a briefing after a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House Details: According to Zelensky, long-range systems and Tomahawk missiles were discussed at the meeting, but they decided not to talk about this issue publicly. Zelensky added that the United States would not want an escalation, and Trump noted at the meeting that the United States also needs these missiles. When asked if he was optimistic about the supply of Tomahawks, the president answered: “Realistic…” They also talked about the meeting between Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Budapest, according to the president, Ukraine is counting on the pressure of the US president to end this war. Zelensky confirmed that after the meeting with Trump, he had a telephone conversation with European leaders. It was attended by the Chairman of the European Council Antonio Costa, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the President of Finland Alexander Stubb, the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Haar Støre, the Prime Minister of Great Britain Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of Italy Giorgio Maloney, the Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk (“I’m afraid to forget someone,” added the president of Ukraine). Direct speech: “We talked about the issue of security guarantees, the Coalition of the Willing is the main European partner, we also talked about air defense, the PURL program.” What preceded it: on October 17, a bilateral meeting took place in the White House in the format of an official lunch with the participation of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the President of the United States Donald Trump. As reported, one of the key topics of the conversation between Trump and Zelensky will be the issue of the possible provision of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. After a conversation with the head of the Kremlin on Thursday, the American president said that the Russian ruler did not like the idea of supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. Zelenskyi said before lunch that he would offer Donald Trump a deal to receive Tomahawk cruise missiles in exchange for Ukrainian drone systems. The interlocutor of the UP reported that the Ukrainian delegation at a bilateral lunch in Washington on October 17 showed American colleagues a map with the “pain points” of the Russian defense industry and military economy.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images Source: Zelensky at a briefing after a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House
Details: According to Zelenskyi, long-range systems and missiles were discussed at the meeting Tomahawkhowever, decided not to talk about this issue publicly. Zelensky added that the United States would not want an escalation, and Trump noted at the meeting that the United States also needs these missiles.
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When asked if he was optimistic about the supply of Tomahawks, the president replied: “Realistic…”
They also talked about the meeting between Trump and the leader of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin in Budapest, according to the president, Ukraine is counting on the pressure of the US president to end this war.
Zelensky confirmed that after the meeting with Trump, he had a telephone conversation with European leaders. It was attended by the Chairman of the European Council Antonio Costa, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the President of Finland Alexander Stubb, the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Haar Støre, the Prime Minister of Great Britain Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of Italy Giorgio Maloney, the Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk (“I’m afraid to forget someone,” added the president of Ukraine).
Direct speech: “We talked about the issue of security guarantees, the “Coalition of the Willing” is the main European partner, we also talked about air defense, the program PURL“.
What preceded:
- On October 17, the White House hosted a bilateral meeting in the format of an official lunch with the participation of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the President of the United States Donald Trump.
- As reported, one of the key topics of the conversation between Trump and Zelensky will be the question of possible provision of Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles.
- The American president after a conversation with the head of the Kremlin on Thursday statedthat the Russian ruler did not like the idea of Tomahawk missiles being supplied to Ukraine.
- Zelenskyi said before lunch that he would offer Donald Trump a deal to receive Tomahawk cruise missiles in exchange for Ukrainian drone systems.
- The interlocutor of the UP reported that at a bilateral lunch in Washington on October 17, the Ukrainian delegation showed its American colleagues a map with the “pain points” of the Russian defense industry and military economy.