New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for talks at the White House on Friday, but signalled he's not prepared to approve the sale of a long-range missile system that Kyiv says it "urgently needs".

Zelensky's one-on-one meeting with Trump came just a day after the US president held an extended phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the ongoing war.

Earlier, Trump had appeared open to the idea of selling Ukraine long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles, despite warnings from Putin that such a move would further damage US-Russia relations.

Trump and Zelensky's long-hours discussion was described as a tense, frank and, at times, "uncomfortable", according to a report by C...