Trump ready to lift restrictions on strikes on Russia – WSJ
27 September 2025 00:57
US President Donald Trump has told Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he is considering lifting restrictions on Kyiv’s use of long-range US weapons to strike Russian territory. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing an American official and a representative of the Ukrainian government, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
The meeting took place on September 23 during a meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York. During the informal conversation, Zelenskyy asked Trump not only to provide Ukraine with more long-range missiles, but also to allow them to be used against targets within the Russian Federation.
According to WSJ sources, Trump did not object to this idea, but did not make any official promises to lift the restrictions.
At the same time, a Ukrainian delegation will travel to Washington next week for talks with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hagel. The key topic of the meeting is expected to be further military support for Ukraine, including the use of ATACMS missiles.
Currently, Donald Trump’s administration does not allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons made in the United States to strike at Russian territory, despite numerous requests from Kyiv.
On September 25, Trump publicly called on Russia to stop its aggression against Ukraine, saying that the Kremlin continues “senseless killings, achieving virtually nothing.”
Earlier, the American president also said that he had received information about a “new counteroffensive” by Ukrainian forces and promised to support Kyiv. According to him, “everything will be done right,” and the war between Russia and Ukraine “will end, and there will be good news.”
