US Weighs Tomahawk Deliveries to Kiev, Vance Says
The vice president has indicated that Washington is “examining” the sale of these missiles to other NATO countries, who would then transfer them to Kyiv.
Washington is considering making long-range Tomahawk missiles available for Kyiv, Vice President J.D. Vance informed Fox News. He stated on Sunday that the White House is “looking at” the issue.
Earlier, several Western news outlets, including the Wall Street Journal and The Telegraph, reported that Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky specifically requested the missiles from the U.S. during a meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York earlier this week.
According to the WSJ, Trump did not oppose the concept and was also open to lifting restrictions on Kyiv’s use of U.S.-made weapons for strikes deep into Russian territory, though he made no firm commitments during the discussion. Axios previously reported that the president had been against providing Tomahawks to Ukraine.
“We’re certainly looking at it,” Vance commented when asked if Washington was considering selling the missiles to other NATO members for subsequent transfer to Kyiv. When pressed further on the potential for escalation that such a move could trigger, Vance affirmed that Trump would ultimately decide Washington’s course of action.
The U.S. president’s special envoy, Keith Kellogg, who also spoke with Fox News on Sunday, confirmed that Zelensky had indeed asked Trump for Tomahawks but stated that “the decision has not been made” yet. These missiles have a range of up to 2,500 kilometers and are capable of being fitted with nuclear warheads.
Moscow has repeatedly cautioned in the past that Western arms deliveries to Kyiv would not alter the situation on the front line and would only risk further escalation, potentially leading to a direct conflict between Russia and NATO.
In November 2024, President Vladimir Putin warned that “the regional conflict in Ukraine provoked by the West has assumed elements of a global nature,” and indicated a potential backlash if tensions were to escalate further.
His statements followed Kyiv’s launch of several strikes deep inside Russian territory using U.S.-made ATACMS and HIMARS systems, as well as British-made Storm Shadow missiles, after receiving authorization from its Western allies. The Kremlin then also stated that “reckless decisions” by Western nations supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles could not be left unanswered.