Trump threatens to arm Kyiv unless Putin negotiates peace

United States President Donald ‘Trump is mulling sending the US-made Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles to Kyiv before making a final decision to supply these weaponsto Ukraine, as per reports in several local media.

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US President Donald Trump, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (File photo/Agencies)

“I might have to speak to Russia, to be honest with you, about Tomahawks,” the US leader told reporters on Sunday on board Air Force One enroute to West Asia. He added that he’s going to send Kyiv Tomahawks if the Ukraine conflict “is not going to get settled,” Russian news agency TASS reported.

Meanwhile, the foreign minister of NATO ally Estonia, Margus Tsahkna, told ABC News that the US supply of the Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine could help “push Russia back,” and would send “a very strong message” to Moscow.