Zelenskyy meets Trump to push for Tomahawk missiles

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Donald Trump at the White House on Friday to push the U.S. leader for long-range Tomahawk missiles that can strike deep inside Russia.

Mr. Trump shook hands with Mr. Zelenskyy, who was wearing a dark suit and shirt, outside the West Wing and briefly raised a fist but neither leader answered shouted questions.

The meeting comes a day after Mr. Trump announced a fresh summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin — and cast doubt on giving Kyiv the powerful cruise missiles.

Ukraine has been lobbying Washington for Tomahawks for weeks, arguing that they could help put pressure on Russia to end its brutal three-and-a-half year invasion.

But on the eve of Zelenskyy’s visit, Mr. Putin warned Mr. Trump in a call against delivering the weapons, saying it could escalate the war and jeopardize peace talks.

Mr. Trump also questioned whether he would grant Ukraine’s wish, saying Washington could not “deplete” its own supplies of Tomahawks.

Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin agreed to a new summit in the Hungarian capital Budapest, which would be their first since an August meeting in Alaska that failed to produce any kind of peace deal.