US President Donald Trump is considering sending long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Asked by reporters on Air Force One on Sunday whether he would provide Kyiv with Tomahawks, Trump replied: We'll see... I may. The missiles would be a new step of aggression in Ukraine's war with Russia, he said.
The comments follow a phone call at the weekend between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who pushed for stronger military capabilities to launch counter-attacks against Russia.
Moscow has previously warned Washington against providing long-range missiles to Kyiv, saying it would cause a major escalation in the conflict and strain US-Russian relations.
Tomahawk missiles have a range of 2,500 km (1,500 miles), which would put Moscow within reach for Ukraine.
Trump said he would possibly speak to Russia about the Tomahawks requested by Ukraine. I might tell them [Russia] that if the war is not settled, that we may very well, we may not, but we may do it.
On Sunday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated the topic of Tomahawks was of extreme concern to Russia. He noted that if Tomahawks were launched at Russia, Moscow would not be able to tell whether they were carrying nuclear warheads.
Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, Kyiv has made multiple requests for long-range missiles, as it weighs striking Russian cities far from the front lines of the ongoing conflict.
