No Tomahawks for Ukraine? Trump Says “we Need Them Too,” Shocks Zelensky With Plan to Meet Putin |4K

US President Donald Trump appeared noncommittal on providing long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine after his conversation with Vladimir Putin. “We need Tomahawks too. We have a lot of them, but we need them. I mean, we can’t deplete for our country,” Trump told reporters on October 16.The remark came as Trump announced that he will meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Hungary for more talks on ending the war in Ukraine. Trump’s announcement came following a “very productive” two-hour-long phone call between the two leaders on October 16.Meanwhile, Trump’s announcement about his phone call with Putin came as a surprise for Zelensky, who has just arrived in Washington, the Axios news portal reported. Zelensky has been very optimistic in recent days about his planned meeting with Trump and the president’s willingness to supply Tomahawk missiles. As Zelensky arrived in Washington, he insisted that the threat of Tomahawks had forced Moscow to negotiate. “We can already see that Moscow is rushing to resume dialogue as soon as it hears about Tomahawks,” Zelensky said.n18oc_world n18oc_crux 0:00 INTRODUCTION3:52 KREMLIN SAYS PUTIN-TRUMP CALL WAS RUSSIA’S INITIATIVE5:35 TRUMP ‘SURPRISES’ ZELENSKY WITH PLAN TO MEET PUTIN6: 58 RUSSIA CRIPPLES UKRAINE’S ENERGY GRID