Overview

• The White House meeting was confirmed by Trump aboard Air Force One for October 17.
• Zelensky has said he will seek stronger air defenses and long-range strike capabilities in the talks.
• Trump has not ruled out providing Tomahawk cruise missiles, saying he wants to know how Ukraine would use them and that he plans to raise the issue with Putin.
• A Ukrainian delegation is already in the United States, including Yulia Svyrydenko, Andriy Yermak, and Rustem Umerov.
• The Kremlin argues Tomahawks would not change the battlefield, cites Russian air defenses adapting to ATACMS, and Russian officials call the Tomahawk discussion overblown and escalatory.