U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia on October 12 that if it does not end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, he may provide Ukraine with "war-ax" missiles that can be used for long-range attacks.

Trump is threatening.

Trump told reporters on the way to Israel on the presidential aircraft "Air Force One" on the 12th: "If the war is not resolved, I will send them (Ukraine) "Taxic" missiles. "Taxic" is a weapon of excellent performance and also very aggressive weapon.

Trump said that the United States is considering providing Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine through NATO, rather than directly.

Trump told reporters that he had mentioned in a conversation with Ukrainian President Zelensky the possibility of providing the Ukrainian side with "tacks" missiles, and said or communicated with the Russian side on the matter.

Trump said: ¡°I sincerely believe that if Putin can solve this matter (meaning ending the war), he will appear to be very courteous; if it is not solved well, ¡®it will not benefit him.¡¯¡±

Russia is highly concerned

Responding to Trump's related remarks about the supply of "Tax" missiles to Ukraine, Russian presidential press secretary Peskov said on 12th that the Russian side was very concerned about this.

In an interview with Russian state television, Peskov said: "Given the escalation of tensions on all sides, the moment is indeed very dramatic."

Earlier this month, Putin said at the plenary session of the 22nd annual meeting of the Russian think tank Valdai International Debate Club that if the United States provides "Tomahawk" missiles to Ukraine, it will further damage Russia-US relations and "undermine Russia-US relations." The emerging dawn."

Ukraine is active

Zelensky said in an interview with U.S. media on December 12 that the two sides were still discussing the matter and that he had been trying to convince Trump to approve the relevant missile agreement. When asked whether Trump had approved the provision of the "Guardian Axis" missile, he replied: "We are pushing forward this matter."

AP that so far, Trump has not agreed to Zelensky's request for the provision of "Tax" missiles.

After Trump returned to the White House in January this year, he has been putting pressure on Ukraine to make concessions on territorial issues in the ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. But by September, Trump suddenly changed his attitude. After holding a bilateral meeting with Zelensky on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 23, Trump declared that with the support of the European Union and NATO, Ukraine is now expected to "retake all of Ukraine" and said that the United States will continue to provide weapons to NATO, "for NATO's use."

The "Taxic" cruise missile is a US-made subsonic long-range cruise missile with a maximum range of more than 2,000 kilometers. If launched from the territory of Ukraine, the range can cover the Russian capital of Moscow. Analysis is widely believed that if the United States provides "Taxic" missiles to Ukraine, it would mean that Washington took a dangerous step on the Ukrainian issue and further escalated the conflict in Russia (Reporters: Liu Wonthao, Ruwah, Xu Zhembe, Li Dongshou)