As U.S. President D onald Trump welcomed Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House for high-stakes talks on Friday, the main question remained whether the U.S. will supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles.
Doing so would give Ukraine the ability to strike deep inside Russia for the first time, and would mark a major escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war.
As Trump began a working lunch with Zelenskyy, he was asked about the consequences of such a move. Trump acknowledged “a lot of bad things could happen” if they are deployed. “They’re an amazing weapon. Tomahawks are a big deal.”
WATCH | Trump and Zelenskyy discuss Tomahawk missiles: 'Hopefully they won't need it,' Trump says when asked about Tomahawk missiles and Ukraine | Duration 4:21 U.S.
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