Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked President Trump during their meeting on Tuesday to provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, which could give Ukraine the ability to strike as far into Russia as Moscow.

The intrigue: Zelensky told "The Axios Show" on Wednesday that he'd asked Trump for an additional weapons system that could force Russian President Vladimir Putin to enter peace talks — perhaps without Ukraine even having to use it.

Between the lines: Zelensky did not name that weapons system during his interview with Axios' Barak Ravid, but he said that if Russia knew Ukraine had it, the pressure to talk would greatly increase. • A Ukrainian official and another source familiar with the Trump-Zelensky meeting confirmed it was the Tomahawk — a long-range, precision-guided miss

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