NEW YORK — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told "The Axios Show" that if Russia won't end the war, officials working in the Kremlin should make sure they know where the nearest bomb shelter is.

Why it matters: Zelensky said he had President Trump's explicit backing to hit Russian targets like energy infrastructure and arms factories. And he said that if Ukraine gets additional long-range weaponry from the U.S., "we will use it."

Driving the news: Zelensky told Axios' Barak Ravid he made one particular request of Trump when the two leaders met on Tuesday — a new weapons system he said would force Putin to come to the negotiating table. • Zelensky said he would name the system once the cameras were off, adding that Trump told him: "We will work on it." • The Ukrainian president

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