Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has mentioned that in his assembly with US President Donald Trump, the American chief didn’t say "no" to the opportunity of supplying Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, however didn’t say "sure" both.

Supply: Zelenskyy in an interview with NBC Information, recorded shortly after his assembly with Trump and set to air on Sunday 19 October

Quote: "It's good that President Trump didn't say 'no,' however for immediately, didn't say 'sure.'"

Particulars: Zelenskyy mentioned he hopes to proceed the dialogue on the provision of long-range missiles.

Quote: "We use hundreds of long-range drones of Ukrainian manufacturing on navy objectives. However Russia makes use of not solely drones of Iranian manufacturing and in addition of their [domestic] manufacturing… but in addition they use their long-range missiles of Russian manufacturing and of North Korea manufacturing. It is rather troublesome simply to function with solely Ukrainian drones. We want long-range Tomahawks, and america have related issues that we want for a blended use [combined attacks – ed.] like Russia [does]."

Extra particulars: Zelenskyy added that Ukrainian troops armed with Tomahawk long-range missiles would pose an actual menace to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.

Quote: "I feel Putin is afraid that america will ship us Tomahawks. And I feel he’s afraid that we are going to use them."

Extra particulars: NBC Information famous that returning to Ukraine and not using a deal on Tomahawk missiles will seemingly "spur Zelenskyy's critics to ask why he got here to the US in any respect".

Background:

• On 17 October, Zelenskyy travelled to the White Home at Trump's invitation, following two consecutive telephone calls between them. The assembly was meant to debate extremely delicate points.
• A member of the Ukrainian delegation mentioned that Zelenskyy arrived with a map highlighting weak factors in Russia's defence trade and economic system.
• Zelenskyy said that he deliberate to supply Trump a deal to acquire Tomahawk cruise missiles in trade for Ukrainian drone know-how.
• CNN has reported that Trump made it clear in the course of the assembly that he was not presently contemplating supplying Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles.

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