US President Donald Trump has threatened to send long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not end his invasion. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said he might tell Putin, 'look, if this war is not going to get settled, I'm going to send them Tomahawks.' The US president stated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had asked for the missiles during a call on Saturday, in which they discussed a fresh supply of weapons for Kyiv. Trump described the potential supply as 'a new step of aggression' and questioned whether Russian forces would want Tomahawks heading in their direction.
Zelenskyy, when asked by Fox News whether Trump had approved the supply, said 'we will see.' He later told the Sunday Briefing, 'We work on it … And I'm waiting for the president to say yes. Of course we count on such decisions, but we will see.' A senior Ukrainian delegation is set to visit the US this week to discuss the possible provision of long-range precision-strike weapons, including Tomahawks and more ATACMS missiles.
Moscow expressed 'extreme concern' over the potential supply. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in remarks published on Sunday that 'the topic of Tomahawks is of extreme concern' and noted that tensions are escalating from all sides. However, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Putin, doubted the US would follow through, saying 'I think we need to calm down… Our friend Donald… sometimes he takes a more forceful approach, and then his tactic is to let go a little and step back.'
Separately, Russia attacked Ukraine's power grid as part of a campaign to cripple energy infrastructure before winter. Kyiv regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk reported that two employees of Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, were wounded in strikes on a substation. Ukraine's energy ministry said infrastructure was also targeted in the Donetsk, Odesa and Chernihiv regions. Zelenskyy wrote on X that Russia had launched 'more than 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, and around 1,360 glide bombs' over the past week.
Zelenskyy also called for tighter secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian oil, stating that 'sanctions, tariffs, and joint actions against the buyers of Russian oil – those who finance this war – must all remain on the table.' He described his phone call with Trump as 'very productive,' covering air defence, resilience, long-range capabilities, and energy sector details.
On the battlefield, Zelenskyy said a Ukrainian counteroffensive had made gains in the southern Zaporizhzhia region and in Donetsk region, which remains the focal point of the conflict.
