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Best not to fuck around and find out the hard way, I guess.
Even Trump isn't that stupid.
Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Sputnik / Kristina Kormilitsyna
Russia’s response to a Ukrainian strike using US-made Tomahawk missiles would be “very serious, if not... overwhelming,” President Vladimir Putin told journalists on Thursday. Supplying Kiev with such long-range weapons would be “an escalation attempt,” he warned.
Kiev has repeatedly requested Tomahawk missiles. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky raised the issue during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House last week. According to Axios, Zelensky failed to secure deliveries of the weapon. US officials had previously said that the option might be on the table, adding that Trump would make the ultimate decision.
Speaking during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the White House on Wednesday, the president did not say whether the US might eventually provide Kiev with the missiles but stated that operating them required long and intensive training. The missiles have a maximum range of around 2,500km (1,550 miles).
“This would be an escalation. It is an escalation attempt,” Putin said, commenting on a potential delivery. “If Russian territory is hit… with such a weapon, the response will be very serious if not outright overwhelming,” the president added, encouraging Western leaders “to think about it.”
Moscow has previously warned that although Tomahawk deliveries would not affect the state of the battlefield of the Ukraine conflict, they would diminish peace prospects and strike a blow to US-Russian relations.
Putin discussed the issue with Trump during a phone call last week. Delivering the missiles would “severely undermine the prospects of a peaceful settlement,” he said at the time. Following the call, Trump said it would be “not easy” for the US to provide Kiev with Tomahawks and maintained that Washington should not deplete its own arsenal for Ukraine.
Even Trump isn't that stupid.
Russia’s response to Tomahawk strikes would be ‘overwhelming’ – Putin
Supplying Kiev with the long-range missiles would be an “escalation attempt,” the Russian president has said
Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Sputnik / Kristina Kormilitsyna
Russia’s response to a Ukrainian strike using US-made Tomahawk missiles would be “very serious, if not... overwhelming,” President Vladimir Putin told journalists on Thursday. Supplying Kiev with such long-range weapons would be “an escalation attempt,” he warned.
Kiev has repeatedly requested Tomahawk missiles. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky raised the issue during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House last week. According to Axios, Zelensky failed to secure deliveries of the weapon. US officials had previously said that the option might be on the table, adding that Trump would make the ultimate decision.
Speaking during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the White House on Wednesday, the president did not say whether the US might eventually provide Kiev with the missiles but stated that operating them required long and intensive training. The missiles have a maximum range of around 2,500km (1,550 miles).
“This would be an escalation. It is an escalation attempt,” Putin said, commenting on a potential delivery. “If Russian territory is hit… with such a weapon, the response will be very serious if not outright overwhelming,” the president added, encouraging Western leaders “to think about it.”
Moscow has previously warned that although Tomahawk deliveries would not affect the state of the battlefield of the Ukraine conflict, they would diminish peace prospects and strike a blow to US-Russian relations.
Putin discussed the issue with Trump during a phone call last week. Delivering the missiles would “severely undermine the prospects of a peaceful settlement,” he said at the time. Following the call, Trump said it would be “not easy” for the US to provide Kiev with Tomahawks and maintained that Washington should not deplete its own arsenal for Ukraine.
