Zelensky wants US-made long-range missiles that could escalate conflict into WW3.
In the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US President Donald J. Trump had dozens of bilateral meetings, including the almost obligatory face-to-face with the Kiev regime leader, Volodymyr Zelensky.
In his statements to the press and in subsequent social media posts, Trump appeared to cheer for Ukraine and incentivize it to regain lost territory, while at the same time reinforcing the understanding that European powers will have to carry the burden of this war.
But there was one item of military hardware that the US president reportedly refused to include in the packages that the EU can buy to send to Zelensky: Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Axios reported:
“Zelensky told ‘The Axios Show’ on Wednesday that he’d asked Trump for an additional weapons system that could force Russian President Vladimir Putin to enter peace talks — perhaps without Ukraine even having to use it.
[…] Zelensky did not name that weapons system during his interview with Axios’ Barak Ravid, but he said that if Russia knew Ukraine had it, the pressure to talk would greatly increase.”
Hellbound and Down 