The Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the potential delivery of US-made long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine will not save Kyiv, which is staring at an incoming defeat.
The delivery of the long-range and highly sophisticated weapons will not help in ending the ongoing conflict, she said. Her comments came after a report claimed that the Pentagon had approved a sale and supply of the Tomahawks to Ukraine after concluding that the move would not deplete US stockpiles.
However, US President Donald Trump has declined to provide the missile, which remains a potent threat to Moscow if deployed in Ukraine. Zakharova, while warning the US, said, “As the current situation and previous years have shown, it is clear that militarisation and arms deliveries – especially to a terrorist regime – will not lead to a settlement.
Trump, who has long promised to bring an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and revived direct negotiations with Russia earlier this year, has so far failed to secure a breakthrough in the talks.
Both the US President and the Russian President met in Alaska in August this year, yet the talks between the two leaders ended without securing a peace deal. Trump also postponed his planned summit with Putin in Budapest and imposed fresh sanctions on Russian oil subsidiaries.
At the same time, he rejected Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s request for the Tomahawks, saying the weapons were needed “to protect our country”. Putin warned last month that he would consider the delivery of Tomahawks as a further escalation and promised a “very strong response”.
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