RE: Tomahawks15 Oct 2025 17:53
"Mr Trump has recently dismissed Russia as "a paper tiger" and, in a major shift in his stance on the war, said Ukraine can win back all of its territory.
"Who would think that Ukraine could have fought Russia for four years to essentially a standstill?", Mr Trump said in Tuesday's press conference.
Mr Trump is set to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House on Friday as he continues to consider supplying Kyiv with long-range Tomahawk missiles.
On Sunday, he told reporters he could send the weapons, saying: "Maybe I'll talk to him. I might say, look, if the war is not settled, I'll send them the Tomahawks."
The cruise missiles have a range in excess of 1,500 miles, which would put Moscow and large areas of Russia within reach.
Mr Putin has said relations between Washington and Moscow would be destroyed if America supplies the weapons.
Kremlin officials have warned that this would cause a significant escalation."