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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\/\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> not to strike Moscow, after giving <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/14\/trump-gives-putin-a-50-day-deadline-stop-war-ukraine-23661545\/\">50-day deadline to stop the war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was asked outside <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/white-house\/page\/10\/\">the White House<\/a> on Tuesday if Zelensky should fire missiles at the Russian capital.<\/p>\n<p>‘No, he shouldn’t target Moscow,’ Trump told reporters on the South Lawn.<\/p>\n<p>The remark comes after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b66f03b5-e295-4f8c-92ba-516a527d588c\">Financial Times report<\/a> claimed that Trump privately asked Zelensky if he could use long-range missiles supplied by the US on Moscow, and escalate attacks. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23671336 lazyload\" alt=\"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\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_259115090-555c.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>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)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the call on July 4, Trump apparently said, ‘Volodymyr, can you hit Moscow? …\u2009Can you hit St Petersburg too?’ two sources told the news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>They said Zelensky responded: ‘Absolutely. We can if you give us the weapons.’<\/p>\n<p>Russia has repeatedly launched aerial attacks on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Trump insisted that he is ‘on nobody’s side’ but on ‘humanity’s side’ and that he wants to ‘stop the killing’.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23671342 lazyload\" alt=\"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\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_258653928-48fd.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>US President Donald Trump said he did not urge Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to target Moscow (Picture: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The US president also defended the 50-day deadline he set for Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/page\/2\/\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> on Monday to agree to a peace deal, or face 100% tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>‘I don’t think 50 days is very long and it could be sooner than that,’ Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>‘At the end of the 50 days if we don’t have a deal, it’s going to be too bad.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"436\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23671343 lazyload\" alt=\"epa12237503 Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with the government at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 14 July 2025. 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