Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned US President Donald Trump during a phone call that providing Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles would jeopardize the peace process and strain relations between Washington and Moscow, according to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.
“The delivery of Tomahawks would not change the battlefield situation but would harm US-Russia ties and the peace process,” Ushakov told reporters, summarizing the Kremlin’s view.
Summit plans and follow-up talks
According to Ushakov, the two leaders agreed that a new Putin–Trump summit in Budapest will be preceded by a call between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the coming days.
The Kremlin said the meeting location is yet to be determined, though Trump later pr