Supplying the US-made cruise missiles to Kiev will not help end the conflict, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said<\/p>\n
Supplying US-made long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine will not help end the conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.
\nShe made the remarks after CNN reported that the Pentagon had given the White House approval to supply Tomahawks to Ukraine, after concluding that the move would not deplete US stockpiles. Nevertheless, US President Donald Trump has declined to provide the missile, which is capable of striking targets deep inside Russia.
\n\u201cAs the current situation and previous years have shown, it is clear that militarization and arms deliveries \u2013 especially to a terrorist regime \u2013 will not lead to a settlement. Moreover, such actions would contradict the campaign promises made by the current US administration,\u201d Zakharova told reporters on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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Trump has long promised to mediate an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and revived direct negotiations with Russia earlier this year. However, no breakthroughs were achieved during his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska in August or in the renewed Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul.
\nTrump recently postponed a planned summit with Putin in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, and imposed additional sanctions on Russia\u2019s oil trade. At the same time, he rejected Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s request for Tomahawks, saying the US needs them\u00a0\u201cto protect our country.\u201d Trump also stated that Ukrainian troops would have to undergo extensive training to operate the missiles. \u201cWe know how to use it, and we\u2019re not going to be teaching other people,\u201d he said.
\nPutin warned last month that he would consider the delivery of Tomahawks to be a further escalation and promised a \u201cvery strong response.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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