Russia Trump: delivery of Tomahawk weapons to Ukraine possible
US President Donald Trump is not ruling out the delivery of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine in order to increase pressure on Russia.
13.10.2025, 05:45
SDA
On board his Air Force One government aircraft flying to the Middle East, Trump told journalists that he wanted to talk to Russia about such deliveries and asked: "Do they (the Russians) want Tomahawks flying in their direction? I don't think so." He could tell the Russians: "Listen, if this war doesn't end, I'm going to send them Tomahawks."
In recent weeks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has repeatedly asked the US government to supply Tomahawks. Their maximum range of 2,500 kilometers would enable the Ukrainian army to fire on targets such as oil refineries in the Asian part of Russia.
He could say that cruise missiles of this type are an incredible, a very offensive weapon, Trump said. "And, frankly, Russia doesn't need it." He said he thought he would talk to the Russian side about it and had also told Ukrainian President Zelensky. The delivery of Tomahawks would be "a new step of aggression", Trump explained. He nevertheless considered it appropriate to raise this possibility because: "I want the war to end."
Prior to Trump's comments on board Air Force One, Selensky had reported after a conversation with him that the two had spoken about Patriot air defense systems and Tomahawks. "We see and hear that Russia is afraid that the Americans could give us Tomahawks," Selensky wrote on the Telegram platform. This is a signal "that precisely this pressure can work for peace". The Ukrainian president left open whether concrete agreements had been reached on the delivery of new weapons systems.
Selenskyj would nominate Trump for Nobel Prize if...
Selensky told the US broadcaster Fox News on "The Sunday Briefing" that he hoped that a similar agreement would one day be possible for his country following the successful agreement brokered by Trump for a ceasefire in the Gaza war. Selensky described the agreement in the Middle East as a real success that sends signals and gives hope to his country. "And I hope that he (Trump) will use the same instruments even more to put pressure on (Kremlin boss Vladimir) Putin to end his war in Ukraine."
If the war in one region can be stopped, "then surely other wars can also be stopped - including the Russian war", said the Ukrainian president. In his own words, he would be delighted to nominate Trump for next year's Nobel Peace Prize if the US president "puts pressure on Putin and stops him, if he puts Putin at the negotiating table, if President Trump stops the killing". A ceasefire would be the biggest step towards ending the war.
On Friday, the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado received the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump had repeatedly emphasized in recent weeks that he himself deserved the prize.
Russia reports Ukrainian drone attacks in Crimea
Meanwhile, according to Russian reports, the Ukrainian military once again attacked enemy targets with drones during the night. A large fuel depot on the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia was set on fire: A drone hit the oil depot in the city of Feodossiya and triggered the fire, the Russian news agency Tass reported, citing Moscow's governor in Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov. There is currently no information on casualties.
In total, more than 20 drones were shot down over Crimea, it added. Earlier on Sunday evening, the Russian Ministry of Defense had reported the shooting down of 37 drones over several Russian regions, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The tank farm in Crimea had already been set on fire by a Ukrainian drone attack last year.
As part of its strategy to repel the Russian invasion, Ukraine repeatedly attacks oil facilities behind the front line in order to disrupt the enemy's fuel supply. Russia is also attacking Ukraine with combat drones as well as missiles and cruise missiles.
On Sunday, Zelenskyi said that Russia had used more than 3,100 drones, 92 missiles and around 1,360 glide bombs against Ukraine in the past week alone. Russia has been at war with its neighbor for more than three and a half years.
