Zelenskiy, who came to the White House to push for the long-range US-made weapons, said however that he would be ready to swap "thousands" of Ukrainian drones in exchange for Tomahawks.
According to The Wall Street Journal, both a senior US official and a Ukrainian official confirmed that Zelensky asked Trump for permission to deploy the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike inside Russian territory.
Zelenskiy said Ukraine had decided to begin exporting its weapons to allies.
Ukraine’s potential post-war security issues have been widely discussed in recent weeks both in Washington and across European capitals, with the potential for a ceasefire seemingly at an impasse amid continued Russian bombardment of civilian targets across Ukraine.
Russia hasn’t confirmed the latest incidents. Rosneft’s press service didn’t immediately respond to an emailed request for comment outside of regular business hours.
Zelenskiy said the reshuffle sought to ensure that the military remained focused on combat
Ukraine’s SBU security service said it carried out an underwater attack on a key road and rail bridge connecting Russia to the Crimean peninsula. Using 1,100 kilograms of explosives, the agency claimed to have damaged the bridge's underwater pillars early on June 3. The SBU released a video showing the blast, which Reuters confirmed as matching the bridge’s structure and location, though the time of filming couldn't be independently verified. The bridge is a vital supply route for Russian forces in southern Ukraine. The incident marks another bold strike by Kyiv on infrastructure supporting Russia’s military operations in occupied territories.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls on EU leaders to approve €5B for artillery shells and maintain pressure on Russia. He criticizes Hungary’s Viktor Orban for blocking key decisions. Watch the latest updates from the EU summit.
In an extraordinary rift, Trump said on Wednesday that Zelenskiy was a "dictator without elections" who should act quickly or lose his country, unthinkable rhetoric from a U.S. leader for most of Russia's three-year-old all-out war.
"I'll be in Kyiv on Monday to reaffirm Spain's support for the Ukrainian democracy and President Zelenskiy," Sanchez wrote in a post on social media platform X.
Speaking earlier on Tuesday in Turkey, Zelenskiy said he had postponed his visit to the kingdom, which was originally planned for Wednesday, until March 10, saying he did not want ”any coincidences”.
Trump discussed the war in Ukraine on Wednesday in phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in the U.S. president's first big step toward diplomacy in a conflict he has promised to end.
North Korean regular troops entered the war on Russia's side in October, according to Kyiv and its western allies, who initially estimated their numbers at 10,000 or more.
Ukraine has been one of the world's top grain and oilseeds exporters, and has been exporting wheat and corn to Middle Eastern countries, but not to Syria.
A Ukrainian delegation met on Wednesday with senior Trump aides, two sources familiar with the meeting said, as Ukraine seeks support from the incoming U.S. team for its war to repel Russia's invasion.
A statement from Macron's office said Macron held his phone call with Zelenskiy on Friday, during which Macron "condemned in the strongest possible terms Russia's indiscriminate attacks which are consistently intensifying against towns, civilian populations and against Ukraine's energy infrastructure."
Zelenskiy, in his nightly video address, said testing a new weapon for purposes of terror in another country was an ”international crime” and issued a new call for a world-wide ”serious response” to keep Russia from expanding the war.
"We understand very clearly that diplomacy has no prospects without strength," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.
A possible rethink of an export ban imposed during the war against Russia would be a dramatic change in government policies
Zelenskiy met Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic to sign the 10-year bilateral agreement on cooperation and Croatia's support to Ukraine.
Biden, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gathered with other world leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in a strong display of unity for Ukraine.
Draconian fixes are no substitute for institutional reform
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has rejected the idea of a ceasefire now that would leave Russia in control of nearly a fifth of his country, and give its forces time to regroup after 17 grinding months of war.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ankara had promised under the exchange agreement to keep the men in Turkey and complained Moscow had not been informed.