WASHINGTON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump at the White House Friday, seeking US-made Tomahawk missiles even as the US president reaches out to Russia’s Vladimir Putin for a fresh summit. Zelensky will be making his third trip to Washington since Trump returned to office, following a disastrous televised shouting match in February and a make-up meeting in August, as the US leader’s stance on the war blows hot and cold. Trump’s latest pivot came on the eve of Zelensky’s visit.

A day before Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky meets with Donald Trump to request American-made Tomahawk missiles, the US president had a call with Russia's Vladimir Putin, in which he…

US president has repeatedly hinted at supplying Kyiv with Tomahawks, but some in Moscow say Kremlin sees it as negotiating gambit