"Driving the news: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Trump during their meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly last month to provide Kyiv with Tomahawk missiles, which could give Ukraine the ability to strike as far into Russia as Moscow. Zelensky told "The Axios Show" that he'd asked Trump for an additional weapons system that could force Putin to enter peace talks - perhaps without Ukraine even having to use it."
"Friction point: Putin said on Sunday that the supply of Tomahawks to Ukraine would be a "completely new, qualitatively new stage of escalation." He stressed that Ukraine could not use the missiles without direct participation from the U.S., which would put the United States and Russia in direct confrontation and destroy any positive progress in the relations between the countries."
Trump has not finalized a decision on supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine and is seeking clarification on how Ukraine would use the weapons before approving any transfer to avoid escalation. Ukrainian officials and a source close to Kyiv report uncertainty about the U.S. decision. U.S. officials have expressed recent concerns about the ability to control missile use after purchase by NATO countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that supplying Tomahawks would mark a qualitatively new stage of escalation and argued their use would involve direct U.S. participation, risking direct confrontation.
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