President Zelensky Discusses Strengthening Kyiv Air Defense With President Trump

JAKARTA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he had spoken with United States President Donald Trump for the second time in two days, discussing strengthening Kyiv's air defenses, endurance and long-range capabilities.

"We also discussed a lot of details regarding the energy sector. President Trump understands everything that is happening. We agreed to continue the dialogue, and our team is making preparations," President Zelensky said in X.

President Zelensky is known to have asked Tomahawk's missile supply to force President Putin to make peace when meeting with United States President Donald Trump on the sidelines of a series of UN's 80th General Assembly Sessions last month.

After that, Vice President JD Vandce confirmed on September 28, Uncle Sam's country was considering providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to other NATO countries to be transferred to Ukraine. According to him, the final decision on the matter will be made by President Trump.

Last Monday, President Trump said he wanted to know what Ukraine plans to do with the Tomahawk missile before agreeing to provide it, because it does not want to escalate the escalation of the war between Russia and Ukraine. However, he said he had "made a decision" on this matter.

Separately, the Kremlin on Sunday said Russia was deeply concerned about the possibility of Uncle Sam's country supplying the Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, warning the war had reached dramatic moments with escalation from all sides.

The Tomahawk missile has a range of 2,500 km (1,550 miles), meaning Ukraine can use it for long-range attacks within Russian territory, including Moscow. Several retired Tomahawk variants can carry nuclear warheads, according to the US Congressional Research Service.

"Topik Tomahawk is very concerning," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state television reporter Pavel Zarubin in a statement published on Sunday. "Now it's really a very dramatic moment considering the tension is rising from all parties," he said.

Peskov said that if Tomahawk was launched into Russia, Moscow would have to take into account that some versions of the missile could carry nuclear warheads.

"Just imagine: a long-range missile is launched and flying and we know that it could be nuclear. What should the Russian Federation think? How should Russia react? Military experts abroad should understand this," Peskov warned.

The war in Ukraine, the deadliest in Europe since the Second World War, has sparked the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, and Russian officials say they are now in a "hot" conflict with the West.