“Our response will be sharp, varied, thoughtful and asymmetrical, we will find ways to hurt those who make us uncomfortable.“, said Kartapolov, who was Russia's deputy defense minister until 2012, quoted by the RIA Novosti agency.
He expressed his belief that the tomahawks would not change anything on the battlefield, because if they were transferred, there would only be “a few, at most a few dozen” of them.
“We know these missiles very well, we know how they fly and how to shoot them down. We shot them down in Syria, so it's nothing new for us. Only those who provide them and those who use them will have problems.” Kartapolov said.
He added that Russia has not yet noticed Ukraine preparing sites for Tomahawk launchers, but if it notices it, it will destroy them using drones and missiles.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also spoke about tomahawks. He appealed to Washington to “soberly” assess the situation created by the delivery of these missiles. According to him, this would be a serious step towards escalation and a “qualitative” change in the situation.
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US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he had already decided to transfer Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. At the same time, he noted that he still needs to learn a few things about their use.
“Where are they sending them? I guess I have to ask a question,” he said.
The country's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, asked to deliver tomahawks to Ukraine during his meeting with Trump on September 23 in New York. These missiles have a range of 2.5 thousand. km.
