US president Donald Trump speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One on Sunday. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

US president Donald Trump has warned Russia he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow does not settle its war there soon

Mr Trump suggested he could be ready to increase the pressure on Vladimir Putin’s government using a key weapons system.

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday, he said: “I might say, ‘Look: if this war is not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks’. The Tomahawk is an incredible weapon, very offensive weapon.

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