Senior Ukrainian officials are flying to Washington for talks on strengthening the country’s defensive and strike capabilities, as Russia warned US president Donald Trump that a decision to give Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv could “end badly” for him.
Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko, national security council chief Rustem Umerov and Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, will visit the US amid concerns for Ukraine’s power grid and air defences as Russia intensifies missile and drone strikes on its energy infrastructure in advance of winter.
Talks will focus on “strengthen
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