Kremlin says Putin told Trump supplying Tomahawks to Ukraine would harm peace chances and US-Russia ties

MOSCOW, Oct 16 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call that supplying U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine would harm the peace process and damage U.S.-Russia ties, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters. Ushakov said a planned new summit between the two presidents will be preceded by a phone call between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the coming days. The Putin-Trump call took place at Russia's initiative, Ushakov said. (Reporting by Anastasia Lyrchikova; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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