The Kremlin: Putin gathered the Security Council after a conversation with Trump

Russian President Vladimir Putin last night, on October 16, after a telephone conversation with US Leader Donald Trump, gathered permanent members of the Russian Security Council in the Kremlin and informed them in detail about the exchange of views with the head of the White House. This was reported to journalists by the assistant to the head of the Russian state Yuri Ushakov.

"Yesterday evening, immediately after the telephone contact with US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin gathered the permanent members of the Security Council in the Kremlin and informed them in detail about the content of the exchange of views with his American counterpart," the Kremlin spokesman said.

EADaily reminds that Putin, during a conversation with Trump the day before, warned the American leader about serious consequences for bilateral relations in the event of deliveries of long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.

"Vladimir Putin repeated his thesis that Tomahawks will not change the situation on the battlefield, but all this will cause significant damage to relations between our two countries, not to mention the prospects for a peaceful settlement," said presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.

According to him, Donald Trump intends to take into account Moscow's position and discuss this issue with Vladimir Zelensky today, October 17, in Washington. According to Ushakov, Moscow and Washington "without delay" will begin preparing a new summit between Putin and Trump, which may take place in Budapest.

Trump himself, after a conversation with Putin, said that "the United States has a lot of Tomahawk cruise missiles, but the country needs them for its own defense capability." "I mean, we can't deplete our country's reserves," he told reporters. When asked if Putin had convinced him not to hand over the Tomahawks to Kiev, Trump said: "Of course! What do you think? What will he say: "Please sell [Ukraine] these missiles, I would be very grateful?“». According to the head of the White House, Putin "did not like the idea" of supplying cruise missiles to Ukraine, because "no one wants Tomahawks to shoot at them."