Overview

• U.S. consideration of supplying long‑range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine was publicly discussed by Vice President J.D. Vance, who said President Trump would make the final decision.
• The Russian Foreign Ministry warned the deliveries would inflict irreversible damage on bilateral ties and urged Washington to heed its signals, with Deputy Minister Sergei Ryabkov cautioning of grave consequences.
• Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov called the move a serious escalation but argued it would not change the battlefield situation for Kyiv.
• Putin proposed renewing the START nuclear arms limits and Trump reacted positively, adding an arms‑control track even as conventional talks remain stalled since the Alaska summit.
• Fighting has intensified with cross‑border strikes on energy facilities ahead of winter, the EU flagged a growing hybrid war and pushed air and drone defenses, and Czech leader Andrej Babis pledged to halt direct national funding for arms to Ukraine.