The Kremlin announced that there are no current plans for a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, following Trump’s recent warning that he might supply Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
According to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, “there are no concrete agreements” regarding a possible conversation between the two leaders.
Trump has been considering potential long-range missile deliveries to Kyiv through European allies, after his August meeting with Putin in Alaska failed to produce a peace agreement.
On Sunday, Trump stated that he may warn Putin directly about the possible transfers if Russia does not halt its offensive in Ukraine.
Russia, however, has repeatedly warned that such a move would represent a major escalation in the conflict.
Washington reportedly would not sell the Tomahawks directly to Ukraine, but rather offer them to NATO, which could then fund and transfer them as part of an existing defense program.
The Tomahawk cruise missiles have a range of up to 2,500 kilometers, capable of striking deep into Russian territory, including Moscow.
Earlier this month, on October 2, Putin cautioned that any delivery of Tomahawks to Ukraine would mark a “completely new phase of escalation” between Washington and Moscow, though he added the missiles would not pose a major threat to Russia’s defense capabilities.
The August Alaska summit between Trump and Putin ended without concrete progress toward what Trump described as his goal of securing a Ukraine ceasefire.
