US President Donald Trump said he may offer long-range Tomahawk missiles that could be used by Kyiv if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not end the war in Ukraine.
Mr Trump told reporters on board Air Force One as he flew to Israel that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the wartime leader's request for weaponry, including Tomahawks.
They spoke by phone on Saturday and yesterday.
Tomahawk missiles have a range of 2,500km, long enough to strike deep inside Russia, including Moscow.
The Kremlin has warned against any provision of Tomahawks to Ukraine, and Mr Trump said yesterday that they would be "a new step of aggression" if introduced into the war.
The United States would not sell missiles directly to Ukraine, but provide them to NATO, which can then offer them to the Ukrainians, Mr Trump said.
"Yeah, I might tell him (Putin), if the war is not settled, we may very well do it," he said. "We may not, but we may do it. … Do they want to have Tomahawks going in their direction? I don't think so."
Only for military targets - Zelensky
Mr Zelensky said earlier that Ukraine would only use Tomahawk missiles for military purposes and not attack civilians in Russia, should the US provide them.
"We never attacked their civilians. This is the big difference between Ukraine and Russia," the Ukrainian leader said on the Fox News "Sunday Briefing" program.
"That's why, if we speak about long-range (missiles), we speak only about military goals."
Mr Zelensky's comments, which were recorded on Saturday, aired yesterday after his second talks in as many days with US President Donald Trump.
The Ukrainian leader said they are still discussing the possibility that Washington might provide Kyiv with the long-range missiles.
Mr Trump said last week that before agreeing to provide Tomahawks he wants to know how Ukraine would use them because he does not want to escalate the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Mr Zelensky said he was still working on trying to convince Mr Trump to approve a missile deal.
"We count on such decisions, but we'll see," Mr Zelensky said.
New stage of escalation - Putin
Mr Putin said earlier this month that it was impossible to use Tomahawks without the direct participation of US military personnel and so any supply of such missiles to Ukraine would trigger a "qualitatively new stage of escalation."
Still, Mr Zelensky, in an evening address in Ukraine yesterday, said he saw Russia's concerns as reason to press forward.
"We see and hear that Russia is afraid that the Americans may give us Tomahawks - that this kind of pressure may work for peace," Mr Zelensky said.
The war in Ukraine is Europe's deadliest since World War II, and Russian officials say they are now in a "hot" conflict with the West.
Mr Putin portrays it as a watershed moment in Moscow's relations with the west, which he says humiliated Russia after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union by enlarging NATO and encroaching on what he considers Moscow's sphere of influence, including Ukraine and Georgia.
Ukraine and its allies have cast it as an imperial-style land grab and have repeatedly vowed to defeat Russian forces.
Kaja Kallas in Ukraine for talks on financial and military support
Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas is in Ukraine today for talks on both financial and military support.
Ms Kallas, who was pictured meeting Ukrainians this morning, said she is speaking today on the security of Ukraine's energy sector and "holding Russia accountable for its war crimes".
Ukrainians inspire the world with their courage.
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Their resilience calls for our full support.
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Ukrainian drone sets fuel depot in Crimea on fire
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone attacked a fuel depot at Feodosia in eastern Crimea, setting it on fire, the Russian-installed head of Crimea said.
Sergei Aksyonov said on his Telegram channel that more than 20 drones had been shot down by air defence forces, and no one was injured.
However, the scale of the damage was not revealed.
The oil depot in Feodosia, as well as other energy and military targets in Crimea, have been repeatedly targeted by Ukraine.
Both Russia and Ukraine have stepped up attacks on each other's energy infrastructure as peace talks have failed to advance in recent months.
Ukraine restricts energy use in several regions
Ukraine said it was introducing restrictions on energy consumption in at least seven regions of the country following a series of recent Russian aerial attacks on power facilities.
"Due to the complicated situation in Ukraine's Unified Energy System caused by previous Russian strikes, emergency power outages were implemented" in seven regions, the energy ministry said on social media, listing territories mainly in the east and centre of the country.
