{"id":2501488,"date":"2025-10-21T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-hopes-paused-trump-putin-meeting-revives-tomahawk-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:02:13","slug":"zelensky-hopes-paused-trump-putin-meeting-revives-tomahawk-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-hopes-paused-trump-putin-meeting-revives-tomahawk-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky hopes paused Trump-Putin meeting revives Tomahawk negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelensky-hopes-paused-trump-putin-meeting-revives-tomahawk-negotiations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2501488&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is hoping that Russia&#8217;s recent stalling in diplomatic talks might help revive negotiations involving the supply of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. The talks had briefly gained momentum after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing ... Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">phone call<\/a> between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin, during wich Trump announced upcoming meetings involving Russian and U.S. officials and potential bilateral talks in Budapest. However, progress slowed when Trump suggested a ceasefire, which was met with a lukewarm Kremlin response, leading to the postponement of the planned Trump-Putin meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky criticized Russia for losing interest in diplomacy as the threat of Ukraine receiving long-range missiles diminished, seeing these advanced weapons as a key factor for peace. He recently sought a deal to exchange American Tomahawk missiles for Ukrainian drones but was unsuccessful following the Trump-Putin call. reports also revealed Trump&#8217;s controversial comments supporting Ukraine ceding territory in the Donbas region and downplaying Russia&#8217;s invasion as a &#8220;special operation&#8221; rather than a war.<\/p>\n<p>European leaders, while opposing territorial concessions, have cautiously supported Trump&#8217;s ceasefire proposal, attempting to align it with thier own stance. Despite setbacks and mixed signals from the U.S., Ukraine and its allies remain focused on continuing the fight, emphasizing that international borders should not be changed by force.Simultaneously occurring,the Russia-Ukraine conflict persists with heavy casualties and ongoing military pressure,intensifying Ukraine&#8217;s challenges on the front lines.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Zelensky hopes Russia&rsquo;s stalling tactics can revive Tomahawk negotiations<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2378122\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> is hoping to take advantage of the seemingly stalled momentum that was drawing President Donald Trump closer to Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> after a phone call between the two last week concerned Ukraine&rsquo;s allies.<\/p>\n<p>After the Thursday<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3854011\/trump-putin-call-dashes-zelensky-hopes-tomahawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> phone call between the two leaders<\/a>, Trump announced that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Secretary of State Marco Rubio would soon meet, followed by a meeting between Trump and Putin in Budapest, Hungary. Momentum slowed after Trump floated the idea that the United States&rsquo;s preferred position was a ceasefire on Sunday and Monday, drawing a lukewarm response from the Kremlin. Progress came to a halt on Tuesday after the White House announced that the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3858276\/trump-second-meeting-budapest-putin-on-hold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> bilateral meeting was on hold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3858307\/latino-gop-condemns-colombia-gustavo-petro-threats-overthrow-trump\/\">Latino GOP condemns Colombian president&#8217;s threats to &#8216;overthrow&#8217; Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3858329\/jd-vance-optimistic-gaza-ceasefire-deal-despite-cracks-showing\/\">Vance voices optimism for Gaza ceasefire deal after cracks start to show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3858276\/trump-second-meeting-budapest-putin-on-hold\/\">Trump&#8217;s second meeting with Putin put on ice, White House official confirms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Zelensky blamed Russia&rsquo;s waning interest in speaking with Trump on the lessening threat that the U.S. would arm Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The front line can spark diplomacy. Instead, Russia continues to do everything to weasel out: as soon as the issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >long-range capabilities<\/a> for Ukraine became less immediate, their interest in diplomacy faded,&rdquo; Zelensky said. &ldquo;This signals that deep strike capabilities may hold the key to peace.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3854685\/why-does-ukraine-want-us-supply-tomahawks\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3854685\" class=\"mediapress-link\">WHY DOES UKRAINE WANT THE US TO SUPPLY IT WITH TOMAHAWKS?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zelensky visited the U.S. last week, hoping for a deal to exchange American Tomahawks for Ukrainian drones, but he walked away empty-handed after a call between Putin and Trump impeded the momentum. During Trump and Zelensky&rsquo;s meeting, the U.S. president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/7960c6aa-dbfa-4a55-91e8-ae44601842ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly voiced support <\/a>for Ukraine ceding territory in the Donbas region to Russia to end the war.<\/p>\n<p>Trump reportedly told Zelensky that Russia&rsquo;s invasion was a &ldquo;special operation, not even a war,&rdquo; hinting that Moscow could take its gloves off and wage an unrestricted war to an extent not yet seen if Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t cede the entire Donbas. Russia currently controls about 88% of Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If [Putin] wants it, he will destroy you,&rdquo; Trump was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine and its allies staunchly oppose the proposal. However, European allies coordinated support for the ceasefire proposal Trump raised on Sunday. Zelensky, in addition to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and other European leaders, signed on to the plan for an immediate ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We strongly support President Trump&rsquo;s position that the fighting should stop immediately, and that the current line of contact should be the starting point of negotiations. We remain committed to the principle that international borders must not be changed by force,&rdquo; they said.<\/p>\n<p>European leaders have learned the strategy of pitching their perspective as Trump&rsquo;s own, even if he doesn&rsquo;t know it yet. As Trump has tried to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war, the amount of support he has offered Ukraine has fluctuated. European leaders have often been caught between the two presidents and celebrated when Trump voiced full-throated support in September for Ukraine ending the war without relinquishing control of any land.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3856914\/european-leaders-frustrated-trump-putin-undermine-zelensky-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EUROPEAN LEADERS BACK TO DRAWING BOARD AFTER TRUMP-PUTIN CALL UNDERMINES ZELENSKY&rsquo;S PROGRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before the bilateral meeting was called off, European leaders sought to portray Russia&rsquo;s hesitation as deliberate &ldquo;stalling tactics,&rdquo; illustrating that &ldquo;Ukraine is the only party serious about peace.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president is likely hoping for a higher threshold of progress to hold a personal meeting with Putin after the Alaska meeting failed to make any breakthroughs. His pro-Ukrainian critics portrayed the event as a propaganda win for Putin and an embarrassment for the U.S., though defenders of the president argued the display of direct dialogue was important for peace efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had cultivated Ukrainian and European hopes for several weeks after the Alaska summit failed to bear fruit, culminating in the president suggesting that Ukraine could go on the offensive and retake its 1991 borders, including Crimea. Hopes reached a fever pitch last week after Trump suggested that he could send advanced, long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine for use against Russia. These hopes were dashed just a day before Zelensky met with Trump to make his case personally, after a friendly call with Putin.<\/p>\n<p>The Russia-Ukraine war has continued at an intensified pace, with Russia&rsquo;s summer offensive coming to a close. While both sides have suffered astronomical casualties, the pressure on the front line has intensified Ukraine&rsquo;s manpower problems, while repeated drone and missile strikes have ravaged its infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelensky aims to use Russia&#8217;s delay to revive Tomahawk talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2501489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/russia_north-korea.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3817,32402,65622,65621,8630],"class_list":["post-2501488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomacy","tag-international-relations","tag-tomahawk-negotiations","tag-trump-putin-meeting","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/russia_north-korea.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501488"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501492,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501488\/revisions\/2501492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}