Trump says no Tomahawks for Ukraine, for now

The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon fires a Tomahawk land attack missile April 14, 2018. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kallysta Castillo/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that, for now, he is not considering a deal that would allow Ukraine to obtain long-range Tomahawk missiles for use against Russia.

Trump has been cool to a plan for the United States to sell Tomahawks to NATO nations that would transfer them to Ukraine, saying he does not want to escalate the war.