WASHINGTON, October 17. /TASS/. The US cannot deplete its own stockpile of Tomahawk cruise missiles by supplying them to Ukraine, President Donald Trump said.
He noted that the issue of supplying US Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine was discussed during his conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. "We need Tomahawks for the US too. We have a lot of them, but we need them," he said.
"I mean, we can't deplete for our country. So, you know, they're very vital, they're very powerful, they're very accurate, they're very good, but we need them too, so I don't know what we can do about that," Trump added.
The US leader was sarcastic when asked whether the Russian president tried to dissuade him from delivering Tomahawks to Kiev.
"What do you think he's going to say? Please sell Tomahawks," Trump told the reporter. "I did actually say, Would you mind if I gave a couple of 1,000 tomahawks to your opposition? I did say that to him. I said it just that way."
