Trump to discuss Putin call with Zelensky

RT.com
17 Oct 2025, 23:41 GMT+10

The US president has acknowledged that allowing Ukraine to conduct strikes deep into Russia would be an escalation

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky have begun talks at the White House. The meeting is taking place after Trump held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, in which the two leaders agreed to have a summit meeting in Budapest, Hungary.

The Ukrainian leader arrived in Washington on Friday at the head of a large delegation. After welcoming Zelensky, Trump told reporters that his call with Putin will be high on the agenda: "We had a big call yesterday, as you know, with President Putin, and we'll be talking about it."

Trump added that the two will discuss providing Ukraine with new weapons, while acknowledging that this could escalate the conflict.

"We're going to be talking about that... It's an escalation, but we'll be talking about that," he said.

Zelensky earlier asked Trump to supply Kiev with Tomahawk cruise missiles capable of striking targets up to 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) away, meaning they could potentially reach Moscow and far beyond.

Russia earlier warned that supplying Tomahawks would "not change the situation on the battlefield," but would "severely undermine the prospects of a peaceful settlement" and harm US-Russia relations.

(RT.com)

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