Just 1 Move From Trump Could Force Putin To 'Sober Up', Ukraine's President Claims

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68e7a2361600000222483516.jpeg?cache=L93KJFNysC&ops=crop_552_870_3088_1731%2Cscalefit_630_noupscale" alt="President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. " data-caption="President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. " data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. </div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/volodymyr-zelenskyy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a> has claimed that Donald <a href="news/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump</a> could help Vladimir Putin “sober up” and negotiate a ceasefire just by delivering long-requested Tomahawk cruise missiles.</p><p>Ukraine has been pleading for the US’s permission to use these weapons for months, even though former president <a href="news/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Joe Biden </a>rejected Kyiv’s appeal for the long-range missiles when he was in office.</p><p>The subsonic missiles, designed for precision strikes, would allow Ukraine to reach targets as far as Siberia with a range of up to 1,550 miles.</p><p>But the Ukrainian president expressed renewed hope to journalists this week, claiming Trump might “give Ukraine some far-reaching thing