{"id":315944,"date":"2025-09-28T06:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T06:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=315944"},"modified":"2025-09-29T06:32:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:32:38","slug":"zelensky-asks-trump-for-tomahawk-missiles-capable-of-hitting-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=315944","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky Asks Trump For Tomahawk Missiles Capable Of Hitting Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zero Hedge \u2013Sept 26, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed in an interview with Axios that he asked President Trump on Tuesday to provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, which would allow Ukrainian forces to strike deep into Russia, even as far away as Moscow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Zelensky made the dubious argument that this would force President Putin to the negotiating table<\/strong> to make significant compromise and end the war. Zelensky suggested that the Ukrainians might not even have to use the Tomahawks it was given, only that the threat alone could be enough to scare Putin.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian leader was responding to a question on “The Axios Show” on his view of the one thing Trump could do to allow Kiev to win the war. Zelensky responded<\/a>: “I think President Trump knows.” He then said he conveyed “what we need” is “one thing.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“By the way, we need it, but it doesn’t mean that we will use it. Because if we will have it, I think it’s additional pressure on Putin to sit and speak,” he continued, alluding to a long-range, precision-guided US missile.<\/p>\n

Axios<\/em> on Friday followed by publishing the following commentary<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Zelensky did not name that weapons system during his interview with Axios’ Barak Ravid, but he said that if Russia knew Ukraine had it, the pressure to talk would greatly increase.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Ukrainian official and another source familiar with the Trump-Zelensky meeting confirmed it was the Tomahawk \u2014 a long-range, precision-guided missile.<\/em><\/p>\n

If it happens, the Tomahawk would become by far the longest missile in the Ukraine’s arsenal<\/strong>. It can travel over 1,000 miles, compared to the nearly 200 miles of US-made ATACMS, the latter which has already been provided.<\/p>\n

The Telegraph <\/em>reviews<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Joe Biden, the former US president,\u00a0rebuffed a similar request<\/a>, which came as part of a 10-point \u201cVictory Plan\u201d<\/em><\/strong> presented by Mr Zelensky at the end of Mr Biden\u2019s tenure in the White House.<\/em><\/p>\n

The provision of the long-range missile was deemed too risky because it would be able to strike targets in Moscow and would be likely to be able to evade Russia\u2019s most advanced air-defense systems, potentially escalating the conflict.<\/em><\/p>\n

But in a sign of growing confidence for a more positive decision, Mr Zelensky told the Axios news agency that, during their meeting earlier this week, Mr Trump had said \u201cwe will work on it\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Zelensky had also told\u00a0Axios<\/em><\/a>\u00a0that Russian officials\u00a0“have to know where their bomb shelters are,”<\/strong>\u00a0adding:\u00a0“If they will not stop the war, they will need it in any case.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\uf6a8 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sends a warning to Russian officials on The Axios Show in an interview w\/ @BarakRavid<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“They have to know where their bomb shelters are. They need it. If they will not stop the war, they will need it in any case.” pic.twitter.com\/NKhlCN4Lrb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Axios (@axios) September 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n