After meeting with Zelensky, Donald Trump says 'too soon' for Tomahawks delivery
• Oct 18, 2025, 11:38 AM
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky came to the White House on Friday looking for weapons to keep fighting his country's war with Russia, but met an American president who appears more intent on brokering a peace deal than upgrading Ukraine's arsenal. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Gulliver Cragg, and analysis by Melinda Haring, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, in Washington D.C.
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