US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that, as of now, is is not planning to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to counter Russian aggression<\/p>\n
US President \u201cNo, not really\u2026 things can change, but at this moment I\u2019m not,” Trump responded. His remarks came amid reports that the STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n It is pertinent to note that Tomahawk is a subsonic long-range missile capable of striking targets at a range of 1,600 to 2,500 kilometres (1,000-1600 miles). Amid the reports, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that providing the weapons would constitute a \u201cqualitatively new stage of escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n So what would be the \u2018final straw\u2019<\/p>\n Reporters went on to question Trump about what would be the \u201cfinal straw\u201d that would compel Trump to deliver the missiles to Ukraine and the fact that \u201cThere\u2019s no final straw. Sometimes you gotta let it fight out, it\u2019s been a tough war for Putin, he\u2019s lost a lot of soldiers, maybe a lot of million. It\u2019s been tough on Ukraine, tough on both. Sometimes you have to let it get fought out,\u201d Trump replied.<\/p>\n
\nDonald Trump<\/a> on Sunday said that, as of now, is is not planning to provide Ukraine with long-range
\nTomahawk cruise missiles<\/a> to counter Russian aggression. Trump\u2019s take on the matter came after he was asked by reporters if his administration is considering sending Kyiv Tomahawks.<\/p>\n
\nPentagon<\/a> has signalled it has sufficient Tomahawk inventory if the White House were to greenlight a transfer to Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\nPutin<\/a> is \u201cnot ready to end the war in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n