Pentagon Green Lights Tomahawks for Ukraine Amid Nuclear Tensions—ReportThe Pentagon has approved providing Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after determining it would not harm U.S. stockpiles, leaving the final decision to President Donald Trump, three U.S. and European officials familiar with the matter told CNN.
The move comes amid heightened global nuclear tensions and ongoing debate within the administration over how far to go in supporting Ukraine’s war effort against Russia.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff delivered their assessment to the White House earlier this month, CNN reported, shortly before Trump’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, who has urged Washington to supply the weapons to strike oil and energy facilities deep inside Russia.
Newsweek has not verified the information and has reached out to the White House and the Pentagon via email on Friday afternoon for comment.
Supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles poses both strategic and political challenges for the Trump administration. The long-range missiles, capable of striking targets up to 1,000 miles away, would significantly boost Ukraine’s ability to hit Russian infrastructure deep inside enemy territory. According to CNN, Pentagon officials say U.S. stockpiles could support the transfer without weakening American readiness, but the decision ultimately requires balancing deterrence, diplomacy and domestic politics.
Shaun Pinner, a former British Army solider who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a contracted fighter in 2018 and has fought during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said on X, "Tomahawks won’t magically win the war. They will give Putin a consequence to think about, which, shockingly, he hasn’t had in years."
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