Wednesday’s Coverage: Kyiv’s Deepest Strike Inside Russia
Speaking with journalists on Wednesday, Zelensky said Donald Trump “can give Ukraine some far-reaching things”:
Right now, it is important to send a signal that Ukraine will be strengthened by all means possible. And this is one of those means that is important to me — Tomahawks.
All such things can strengthen Ukraine and force the Russians to sober up a little, sit down at the negotiating table.
Zelensky raised the issue of the long-range missiles in late September 2024, meeting Trump in New York’s Trump Tower during the US Presidential campaign.
He returned to it last month on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, when Trump “promised to work on a technical level and consider such a possibility”.
The US says it is now providing intelligence of Ukraine’s targeting inside Russia of sites supporting the invasion. Officials say the Tomahawks are under consideration, but no decision has been made.
On Monday, Trump waffled in a press appearance. He had “sort of made a decision”, but hedged, “I think I want to find out what they’re doing with them. I would ask some questions. I’m not looking to escalate that war.”
The Tomahawk has a precision-strike range of 1,600 km (994 miles) and an overall range of 2,500 km (1,553 miles).