Overview

• Speaking to reporters en route to Israel, the president said he does not rule out supplying Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine if Russia does not end the war.
• He said he may call Vladimir Putin to warn that the missiles would be sent if the conflict is not resolved.
• He characterized Tomahawks as an extraordinary, very offensive weapon and cast the idea as leverage to push Moscow toward a settlement.
• He confirmed discussing the missiles with Volodymyr Zelensky during their second call in two days, after which Zelensky said Ukraine would strike only military targets if given the capability.
• The missiles’ roughly 2,500 km range would allow strikes deep inside Russia, a prospect Putin on Oct. 2 called a new stage of escalation.