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
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?
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 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, 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, 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 from that launcher in 2023.
They would be the longest-range U.S. weapons 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
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”.
4 replies on “Tomahawks to Ukraine? Yes or No?”
Hi Penny:
My answer is “no”.
Hey Gary!
I’m following along to see what the answer is going to be- I hope it’s a no, for sure. I’m just not as confident as you, sadly 🙁
Here’s what I’ve seen today- Trump and Putin talk and now there’s to be a summit in Hungary, problem, Romania and or Poland have to allow Putin to fly through their airspace? As the EU sanctions disallow this (from my understanding)
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-trump-says-hes-sort-of-made-decision-on-supplying-tomahawk-missiles-to-kyiv-12541713
Skynews claims Putin issued a warning to Trump about the use of Tomahawks
What that actually entails? Cause it’s Skynews… and they spin, so I don’t know? Trying to find more info out on that.
“”Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the delivery of the missiles would be an “extremely dangerous move” and “an extremely dangerous aggravation of Russia-US relations”;
That’s a statement of the obvious as I like to say…
Zelensky is still set to visit the Whitehouse and will push for the missiles
I’m hoping for the best and will gladly be wrong!
Another thought- my husband wanted to share- If Trump takes Venezuela, via overthrowing the government, there’s oil a plenty to wage economic warfare on Russia by supplying oil, and lots of it to the EU from Venezuelan resources- Weaken Russia, Strengthen the EU.
Here’s what she said (lackey nobel prize winner) today
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/16/venezuela-maria-corina-machado-privatize-oil-us-corporations/
In an interview with Donald Trump Jr. in February 2025, Machado made it clear that she wants to privatize Venezuela’s state-owned oil industry and sell off the South American nation’s natural resources to US corporations.
Machado excitedly explained that, if Trump helped her overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, her new regime would “be the strongest ally in the region for the United States”.
“Venezuela is going to be the brightest opportunity for investment of American companies, of good people that are going to make a lot of money”, she vowed.
We might be witnessing another way of waging war against Russia being worked out…
Hi Penny:
Machado’s chance of becoming president is probably about as good as Juan Guido’s chance was. It’s always nice to see a president who is more concerned with money than the welfare of her people. I doubt that Russia would stand by and do nothing and let this happen. Even without Russia involvement, I don’t think overthrowing Maduro will be easily done. Americans coming back in body bags may not be good for the president of peace.