US President Donald Trump appeared cool on Friday on the prospect of sending long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, suggesting to counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during a White House meeting that they may not be necessary if he can broker a peace deal.

Zelensky came to Washington looking for arms to bolster his country’s forces in Ukraine’s three-year-old conflict with Russia, but Trump frequently highlighted his peace summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a matter of weeks, as Trump and Zelensky spoke with reporters.

That meeting hastily came together on Thursday, making clear that Trump remains intent on brokering a peace deal and taking the air out of Zelensky’s pitch for the missiles.

Before his private lunch meeting with Zelensky, Trump said the two leaders would discuss his call the previous day with Putin. “Things are coming along pretty well,” Trump told reporters.

Zelensky noted how difficult it has been to try and secure a ceasefire. “We want this. Putin doesn’t want [it],” he said.

The Ukrainian leader was frank, telling Trump that Ukraine has thousands of drones ready for an offensive against Russian targets, but needs American missiles.