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**Zelensky is heading to the US this week- My suspicion, *of course I could be mistaken*, is the two will sit together at the White House, like besties and the deployment of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine will be announced**. **Keep in mind Tomahawks can carry a nuclear payload that cannot be discerned by Russia. This is a problem**.

[**US corporate interests are paramount- Russia’s Ukraine war is bad for business**](https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/russias-war-ukraine-is-bad-us-businesses-eu-commissioner-says-2025-10-14/?rpc=401&)

> Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Dombrovskis said that in 2023 **U.S.-owned assets in Europe were worth an estimated $19.2 trillion, or roughly 64% of all U.S. corporate foreign assets globally.** Sales by the European affiliates of U.S. companies were $3.9 trillion.
> 
> **“For U.S. corporate interests, Europe – as a market, a host of assets, and a crucial link in integrated supply chains – is simply too big to ignore,” Dombrovskis said in a speech**.
> 
> **As a source of deep uncertainty, they affect the bottom line. This is a crucial consideration for U.S. foreign policymakers to keep in mind,” he said.**
> 
> **Dombrovskis’s remarks come as the EU is trying to get the U.S. to increase pressure on Russia** through more sanctions, and match the sanctions the **EU has already imposed on Moscow through 18 packages of measures** since February 2022. **Europe’s 19th sanctions package is under preparation.**

[**What Are Tomahawk Missiles, and Why Might Trump Give Them to Ukraine?**](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/tomahawk-missiles-trump-ukraine.html)

> **Ukraine could receive a newly developed land-based launcher to strike Moscow and beyond.**
> 
> Mr. Trump, who will meet with Mr. Zelensky at the White House later this week, [said on Tuesday](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/politics/trump-tomahawks-ukraine-russia.html) that he knew the Ukrainian leader wanted the weapons.
> 
> “We have a lot of Tomahawks,” Mr. Trump added.
> 
> Because of their long range, accuracy and low cost compared to piloted warplanes, Tomahawks have long been seen as a go-to weapon in the Pentagon’s arsenal.
> 
> ##### How far can they fly?
> 
> **More than 1,000 miles.**
> 
> ##### How far is Moscow from Kyiv?
> 
> **About 500 miles.**
> 
> ##### **What are some of the Tomahawk’s advantages?**

> When in cruise mode, **they can fly low to the ground, making them more difficult to spot by radar.**
> 
> They also **fly relatively fast: [550 miles per hour](https://media.defense.gov/2017/Apr/07/2001728332/-1/-1/1/AFD-170407-554-018.pdf), or roughly 70 percent the speed of sound.**
> 
> And **perhaps most useful for Ukraine, the United States has many hundreds of them.**
> 
> ##### How could Ukraine launch them?
> 
> **In 2024, the U.S. Army deployed a new land-based launcher for Tomahawks** and other naval missiles called [Typhon](https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12135), which is essentially a standard 40-foot shipping container concealing four missile tubes that rotate upward to fire.
> 
> The Army [first test-fired a Tomahawk](https://www.army.mil/article/269227/army_successfully_fires_tomahawk_missiles_from_mrc_system) from that launcher in 2023.
> 
> They would be the [longest-range U.S. weapons](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/us/politics/ukraine-long-range-weapons.html) given to Ukraine thus far.

**Read the rest at the NYT’s link above**

##### [**Hegseth expects NATO allies to purchase and donate even more American weapons**](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article312509366.html#storylink=mainstage_card)

> Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the U.S. expects NATO allies to purchase and donate “even more” American weapons for Ukraine under a key arms initiative, as defense ministers from the alliance gathered at its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, for a meeting on Wednesday. Speaking alongside NATO’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte as they entered the meeting, Hegseth said the purchases would be made under the **Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative to provide Ukraine with greater “firepower”.**