Trump warns Zelensky not to fire missiles on Moscow
Jessica Kwong
Published July 15, 2025 7:23pm Updated July 15, 2025 7:48pm
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters, as he departs for travel to Pennsylvania from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C. U.S., July 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
President Donald Trump spoke with reporters about the Russia-Ukraine war before departing to Pennsylvania from the South Lawn at the White House (Picture: Reuters)
US President Donald Trump said he told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky not to strike Moscow, after giving Russia a 50-day deadline to stop the war.
Trump was asked outside the White House on Tuesday if Zelensky should fire missiles at the Russian capital.
‘No, he shouldn’t target Moscow,’ Trump told reporters on the South Lawn.
The remark comes after a Financial Times report claimed that Trump privately asked Zelensky if he could use long-range missiles supplied by the US on Moscow and escalate attacks.
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (15395290f) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a press conference at Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 (URC2025) at the Roma Convention Centre "La Nuvola". Volodymyr Zelensky press conference in Rome, Italy - 10 July 2025
US President Donald Trump said he did not urge Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to target Moscow (Picture: Shutterstock)
During the call on July 4, Trump apparently asked Zelensky, ‘Volodymyr, can you hit Moscow? … Can you hit St Petersburg too?’ two sources told the news outlet.
They said Zelensky responded: ‘Absolutely. We can if you give us the weapons.’
Russia has repeatedly launched aerial attacks on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.
Trump insisted that he is ‘on nobody’s side’ but on ‘humanity’s side’ and that he wants to ‘stop the killing’.
epa12237503 Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with the government at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 14 July 2025. EPA/MKHAIL METZEL / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT
US President Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a 50-day deadline to agree to a ceasefire deal (Picture: EPA)
The US president also defended the 50-day deadline he set for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to agree to a peace deal, or face 100% tariffs.
‘I don’t think 50 days is very long and it could be sooner than that,’ Trump said.
‘At the end of the 50 days if we don’t have a deal, it’s going to be too bad.’
That same day, Trump vowed to expedite sending more powerful weapons to Ukraine.
He credited his wife, Melania, among people who pointed out to him that Putin has not kept his promises in phone conversations to stop the warfare.
A Russian drone attack that started Monday evening and continued for nearly 17 hours injured a 12-year-old girl in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine, according to Ukrinform via Telegram.
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