The long-range missiles are committed for use by the US Navy and other military branches, the agency reported<\/p>\n
The US is unlikely to supply long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine despite having a large stockpile of the weapons, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing sources.
\nUS Vice President J.D. Vance said on Sunday that Washington is considering a Ukrainian request for Tomahawks, adding that President Donald Trump would make the \u201cfinal determination.\u201d Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky reportedly asked Trump for the missiles at a behind-closed-doors meeting, portraying the request as a way to expedite the end of the conflict with Russia.
\nHowever, the Trump administration\u2019s interest in providing Tomahawks \u2013 which have a range of 2,500km and cost an estimated $1.3 million each \u2013 faces practical limits because current inventories are committed to the US Navy and other uses, an unnamed US official and three sources told Reuters.<\/p>\n
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The official emphasized there is no shortage of the weapon itself, which US forces often use for land-attack missions, but noted priorities elsewhere. He signaled that Washington could examine shorter-range alternatives for Kiev, which could be purchased by Ukraine\u2019s backers in the EU and later handed over to the country.
\nSpeaking at the Valdai forum on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that possible US supplies of Tomahawks to Ukraine would represent a serious escalation \u2013 noting that their operation would be \u201cimpossible\u201d without the \u201cdirect participation of American military personnel\u201d \u2013 but said they would not change Kiev\u2019s battlefield fortunes.
\n\u201cThe deliveries American Tomahawk cruise missiles will not change the balance of power on the battlefield, but the possible use of such weapons by Ukraine would damage relations between Russia and the United States,\u201d Putin stated, adding that Russia already \u201csees the light at the end of the tunnel\u201d when it comes to restoring ties.
\nPutin compared the potential deployment to earlier deliveries of long-range US ATACMS missiles to Kiev. \u201cThere were ATACMS, and what? Yes, they caused some damage, but in the end, Russia\u2019s air defense systems adapted. Can Tomahawks cause damage? Well, we will shoot them down, we will improve our air defense system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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