"The Kremlin's top aide, Yuri Ushakov, said Putin had initiated the conversation with Trump, during which the Russian leader urged his US counterpart not to supply Ukraine with the Tomahawk missiles a weapon long sought by Kyiv that would give it its longest-range strike capability yet and bring Moscow within reach. It was the eighth known call between the two men since Trump began his second term in January, and followed a familiar pattern in the complex and often confusing contest between Putin and Zelenskyy"
"After strikingly voicing his frustrations with Putin in recent weeks and hinting that he was ready to supply Zelenskyy with Tomahawk missiles, Trump on Thursday night appeared to walk back the possibility. We need Tomahawks for the United States of America too. We have a lot of them but we need them. I mean, we can't deplete for our country, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. I don't know what we can do about that, he added."
Putin initiated a surprise phone call with Trump urging him not to supply Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, a weapon Kyiv has long sought for the longest-range strike capability that could reach Moscow. The call was the eighth known between the two men since Trump began his second term and echoed a pattern in which Putin's outreach coincides with shifts in Trump's posture toward Moscow. Trump had recently hinted he might supply Tomahawks but then appeared to walk back the idea, citing U.S. inventory needs. Trump said he would tell Zelenskyy about the conversation and announced plans to meet Putin in Hungary at an unspecified date.
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