Tomahawk rockets for Ukraine arouse concern in Moscow: “Ukrainians could manufacture a so-called dirty bomb.”
The possible provision of Tomahawk cruise missiles, manufactured in the United States, to Ukraine has caused a strong alarm from Moscow, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov. Photo: Profimedia
“The problem Tomahawk worries us very much, and President Vladimir Putin has already talked about this,” Peskov said, commenting on the statements that Kiev could receive a special type of armament capable “change the fate of the front”.
Dmitri Peskov said he was following “Carefully” The numerous recent statements on the missile transfer and raised, rhetorically, the hypothesis of their armor armor on launch.
He invoked old reports of Russian information services about possible Ukrainian projects “Dirty bomb type”, suggesting that such a long -range armament would be a major risk for the Russian Federation.
“Remember the reports of our information services for a year ago, two years ago, about the information that the Ukrainians could manufacture a so-called dirty bomb. Imagine a long-range rocket that takes off and fly. We know it could be equipped with nuclear weapons. said Peskov, quoted by the Russian Agency Tass.
For his part, US President Donald Trump said at the beginning of the week that he wants to find out clearly “what Ukraine intends to do with missiles” before approving the delivery, invoking the risk of conflict with Russia.
Tomahawk rockets have an action ray between about 1,600 and 2,500 km, depending on the variant. Specialists at the Institute for War Study (ISW) estimate that, in the case of a transfer, up to 1,945 Russian military installations could enter the action of these missiles, which – support the analysts – would allow Ukraine to target logistics and infrastructure behind the Russian lines, disrupting the operations of the Russian troops.
Western experts believe that the endowment of Ukraine with long -range weapons could change the dynamics of the conflict, but they would also come with major political and strategic risks, including reactions from Moscow.
