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28 Oct 2025, 18:17 GMT+10
The Ukrainian leader has said sanctions are not enough to influence Moscow
Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky has said once again that the US should provide Kiev with long-range weapons capable of striking targets deep inside Russia.
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump ruled out supplies of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, which have a maximum range of around 2,500km (1,550 miles), after a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Despite rejecting Zelensky's request, Trump later introduced sanctions on Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil.
Zelensky praised the move in a phone interview with Axios on Monday, saying that economic restrictions "will make a difference." The Ukrainian leader, who has long been pushing for Washington to provide Tomahawks, said however that sanctions were not enough to deter Moscow.
"President Trump is concerned about escalation. But I think that if there are no negotiations, there will be an escalation anyway. I think that if Putin does not stop, we need something to stop him. Sanctions is one such weapon, but we also need long-range missiles" capable of hitting energy facilities deep inside Russia, he said.
Zelensky said he told Trump during their meeting earlier in October that Kiev would not necessarily have to use the US-supplied munitions immediately.
Moscow will engage in talks if Putin knows not talking will lead to "problems with Russia's energy facilities," Zelensky opined.
The Russian president said previously that deliveries of long-range missiles to Kiev would "severely undermine the prospects of a peaceful settlement" of the Ukraine conflict and damage ties between Moscow and Washington, as it is "impossible to use Tomahawks without the direct participation of American military personnel." In a separate statement last week, the Russian leader warned of a "very serious, if not downright staggering" response to any Ukrainian Tomahawk strike.
Moscow maintains that it is ready for a diplomatic settlement but insists that any deal must address the root causes of the conflict and include guarantees that Ukraine will never join NATO, along with the country's demilitarization, denazification, and recognition of the territorial realities on the ground.
(RT.com)
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