Trump told Zelensky he was open to providing new long-range weapons in potentially huge policy change, report says [View all]

Source: The Independent

Friday 26 September 2025 16:39 EDT


President Donald Trump reportedly told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he was open to lifting certain restrictions on the use of certain U.S.-made weapons, signaling a potentially huge change in policy.

The president signaled that he would be willing to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles inside Russia for the first time during a meeting between the two men at this week’s United Nations General Assembly.

A senior U.S. official and a Ukrainian official both confirmed the contents of Tuesday’s meeting to The Wall Street Journal.

It came following Trump’s lengthy speech to world leaders in New York Tuesday, in which he targeted Russian leader Vladimir Putin for his “bad leadership” and appeared to reverse his stance on Ukraine retaking territory occupied by the Kremlin’s forces.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-zelensky-long-range-weapons-russia-policy-b2834633.html