Zelenskyy Asks Trump To Supply Tomahawk Missiles
JAKARTA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week asked US President Donald Trump's Tomahawk missiles to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to make peace.
The request was made during a meeting of Zelenskiy and Trump next to the United Nations General Assembly. (UN), according to Axios' report, citing a Ukrainian official and other sources familiar with the meeting of the two leaders.
Zelenskyy told Axios in a separate interview recorded on Wednesday that he had asked for a long-range weapon.
US President Donald Trump previously stated that he supports Kyiv to take back all of his territory from Russia.
"With time, patience, and financial support from Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original border where this War began, is a very possible choice," he said.
The US has long been Ukraine's singles supporter and biggest arms supplier, but since taking office, Trump insisted that Europe bear the burden of its own defense which is much larger. To some extent, that has happened.
Member states of the NATO defense alliance in Europe are increasing their defense budget and also supplying air defenses to Ukraine through a new system to provide Ukraine with weapons from US stocks using funds from NATO countries.
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The European Union is also discussing plans to reuse frozen assets to increase financial aid to Ukraine, as they seek to increase sanctions pressure on Russia, despite the risk of undermining foreign confidence in investing in Western bonds.