Washington — President Trump on Friday said the U.S. may accept Ukrainian drones in exchange for giving Ukraine Tomahawk missiles. But he also expressed concern about reducing the number that the U.S. possesses by too much.

"Tomahawks are a big deal," Mr. Trump told reporters during a meeting with his Cabinet and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "But one thing I have to say, we want Tomahawks, also. We don't want to be giving away things that we need to protect our country."

"Hopefully, we'll be able to get the war over without thinking about Tomahawks. I think we're fairly close to that," Mr. Trump said.

His meeting with Zelenskyy takes place a day after the president had a long call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and announced that the two leaders would soon meet i

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