President Donald Trump is considering selling long-range, precision-guided Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine to help the country's ability to strike back amid its ongoing effort to repel Russia's invasion.
"They need Patriots very badly. They'd like to have Tomahawks — that's a step up," Trump said on Sunday after a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who he will meet with in Washington on Friday to discuss ways to improve Ukraine's air defenses and ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"They'd like to have Tomahawks. We talked about that and so we'll see. I don't know, I might have to speak to Russia, to be honest with you, about Tomahawks," Trump added. "Do they want to have the Tomahawks going in their direction? I don't think so."
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