According to him, Zelensky wants to expand the range of weapons purchased from the United States for Ukraine.
The priority for Kyiv is the long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles, which, according to Ermak, “can change the rules of the game” in the war against the aggressor country of the Russian Federation.
The head of the OP noted that Ukraine needs missiles to destroy factories producing drones and missiles in the Russian Federation.
At the same time, Ukraine wants several other weapons systems that need US approval, Yermak added.
“We need a political decision from the United States that we will be able to buy any weapons we need without any restrictions,” he said.
At the same time, Ermak admitted that according to the NATO countries’ purchase program of American weapons for Ukraine (PURL), there were delays in deliveries, especially air defense systems.
Context
Zelensky discussed the transfer of Tomahawks to Ukraine, as well as their quantity, with Trump during two conversations on October 11 and 12. At their personal meeting, announced for October 17 in Washington, Tomahawk will probably also become one of the topics of negotiations, American media wrote.
If the United States makes a decision that is positive for Kyiv, Ukraine could receive from 20 to 50 units of such weapons, the Financial Times reported.
On October 16, the Russian Federation initiated a conversation between illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump, the Kremlin reported. They, among other things, discussed “the issues of possible supplies of long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.” Putin believes that Tomahawks “will not change the situation on the battlefield,” but their supplies to Ukraine will cause “significant damage” to relations between the Russian Federation and the United States, “not to mention the prospects for a peaceful settlement,” said assistant to the illegitimate Russian president Yuri Ushakov.
