Analyst explains when the U.S. could supply Tomahawks to Ukraine

Ilya Neshodovskyi, head of the analytical department at the ANTS network, said this on Espreso TV, commenting on the prospects of Tomahawk supplies to Ukraine.

“I think not. Let me explain why. All the strikes we are now carrying out deep into Russia are with Ukrainian weapons — drones and missiles. That satisfies Europe. They can say they are only supplying weapons for defense. The U.S. also provides weapons strictly for defense,” the analyst said.

In his view, Washington is content with this situation.

“Trump is unlikely to approve it. He won’t even sell Tomahawks to Europe for Europe to hand them over to Ukraine. While it would be the right decision, we have to keep asking, insisting, trying to secure them. For now, I don’t see the U.S. agreeing. Most likely, they will only do so when the Russian economy is collapsing into the abyss and it’s clear that Putin won’t use weapons against either Ukraine or NATO. In that case, the U.S. may provide these weapons to be part of Russia’s decline under these strikes,” Neshodovskyi concluded.

• Earlier, the Telegraph reported that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had asked his American counterpart Donald Trump for Tomahawk missiles during the UN General Assembly in New York.