Overview
- Kyiv confirmed a Friday meeting at the White House, with Zelenskyy saying he will propose next steps on air defense and long‑range strike capabilities to push Russia toward negotiations.
- Trump told reporters he would not rule out supplying Tomahawk cruise missiles and suggested he could warn Moscow he will send them if the war does not end.
- The Kremlin cautioned that some Tomahawk variants are nuclear‑capable, with spokesman Dmitri Peskov and Dmitri Medvedev threatening severe consequences and claiming U.S. specialists would be required for their use.
- A Ukrainian delegation led by Julia Swyrydenko is traveling to Washington for talks that include defense and energy firms and possibly members of Congress, while funding pathways such as NATO partners, a U.S. mega‑deal, or frozen Russian assets are under discussion.
- No agreement on missile transfers has been disclosed, and overnight Russian strikes that caused power outages in Kharkiv underscored Ukraine’s urgent air‑defense needs.