Zelensky to push for Tomahawk missiles at Trump assembly forward of recent Putin summit

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Issued on: 17/10/2025 - 13:29 Modified: 17/10/2025 - 13:53

<img fetchpriority="high" src="https://s.france24.com/media/display/10bcdd9a-ab4a-11f0-9518-005056bfb2b6/w:1280/p:16x9/AP25230627702279.jpg" srcset="https://s.france24.com/media/display/10bcdd9a-ab4a-11f0-9518-005056bfb2b6/w:388/p:16x9/AP25230627702279.jpg 388w,https://s.france24.com/media/display/10bcdd9a-ab4a-11f0-9518-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/AP25230627702279.jpg 720w,https://s.france24.com/media/display/10bcdd9a-ab4a-11f0-9518-005056bfb2b6/w:1024/p:16x9/AP25230627702279.jpg 1024w,https://s.france24.com/media/display/10bcdd9a-ab4a-11f0-9518-005056bfb2b6/w:1280/p:16x9/AP25230627702279.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1012px" width="1280" height="720" alt="File photo of President Donald Trump greeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House taken August 18, 2025." loading="eager" class="a-img "/> File picture of President Donald Trump greeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on the White Home taken August 18, 2025. © Alex Brandon, AP President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to debate the doable provide of US Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine throughout his assembly with President Donald Trump within the White Home on Friday. However Trump's shock announcement, following a cellphone name Thursday with President Vladimir Putin, of a brand new US-Russian summit has solid doubts over the prospect. Observe our liveblog for the newest developments.

17/10/2025 - 13:53 Forward of Zelensky assembly, Trump hints he won't be able to ship Tomahawks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is on his third journey to the US this 12 months. The tone of his conferences with President Donald Trump have improved because the disastrous White Home encounter in February, when Vice President JD Vance and Trump berated the visiting Ukrainian chief.

However the Zelensky's newest assembly comes a day after Trump mentioned he had a "nice" cellphone name with Russia's Vladimir Putin, elevating doubts over Zelensky's capability to persuade the US president to produce Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.

17/10/2025 - 13:37 Russia convicts 15 captured Ukrainian troopers on terrorism costs A court docket in southern Russia convicted 15 captured Ukrainian troopers on terrorism costs Friday after a trial that Kyiv denounced as a sham and a violation of worldwide regulation.

The navy court docket in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 15 males from the Aidar battalion, which Russia has designated a terrorist group, to jail phrases starting from 15 to 21 years.

The decision marks the second mass trial of Ukrainian prisoners of conflict since March, when 23 members of the elite Azov brigade had been convicted on related costs in a trial that additionally was condemned by Ukraine as a violation of worldwide regulation.

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17/10/2025 - 13:27 EU helps Trump-Putin assembly if it 'strikes ahead' peace course of The EU has welcomed the proposed assembly between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart if this may also help convey peace in Ukraine, a spokesperson instructed a briefing on Friday.

"Any assembly that strikes ahead the method of attaining a simply and lasting peace for Ukraine is welcome," fee spokesman Olof Gill instructed reporters.

17/10/2025 - 13:08 Putin discusses upcoming Trump summit with Hungary’s Orban Russian President Vladimir Putin held a cellphone name on Friday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to debate the upcoming summit with President Donald Trump, the Kremlin mentioned.

The Kremlin mentioned Putin briefed Orban on his dialog with Trump, and Orban mentioned Hungary was prepared to supply the mandatory situations for organising the summit.

17/10/2025 - 11:08 Orban hails Hungary as 'the one place in Europe' for a Trump-Putin assembly Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has celebrated his nation's standing because the host of upcoming talks between President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

“Budapest is basically the one place in Europe in the present day the place such a gathering may very well be held, primarily as a result of Hungary is sort of the one pro-peace nation,” Orban mentioned. “For 3 years, now we have been the one nation that has constantly, overtly, loudly, and actively advocated for peace.”

Trump has urged his second assembly this 12 months with Putin would happen in Budapest, the Hungarian capital.

Orbán, an in depth Trump ally and thought of Putin's closest associate within the European Union, urged that his long-standing opposition to the West supplying Ukraine with navy and monetary help to help in its protection towards Russia's invasion had performed a task in making Budapest the location of the talks.

17/10/2025 - 10:14 Zelensky met officers of US agency making Tomahawk missiles earlier than Trump assembly Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has mentioned he met with officers from a US agency making the Tomahawk missiles and Patriot methods that Kyiv has been requesting to ramp up defences towards Russia.

"We mentioned Raytheon's manufacturing capability, potential avenues for our cooperation to strengthen Ukraine's air defence and long-range capabilities, and the prospects for Ukrainian-American joint manufacturing," Zelensky mentioned on social media.

17/10/2025 - 10:12 Hi there and welcome to our stay protection as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to satisfy US President Donald Trump for a high-stakes assembly on the White Home.