On Sunday (October 12), the Kremlin said that Russia was deeply concerned about the possibility that the US was adding Tomahawk missiles. The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that the war had reached a “dramatic moment” with escalation from all sides.
“The topic of Tomahawks is extremely concerned,” Peskov told Russian state television. “Now is really a very dramatic moment in terms of the fact that the tension escalates from all sides.”
Trump Signals Carefully
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would like to know the plans of Ukraine before he agreed to provide Tomahawks and stress that he did not want to escalate the conflict. “I decided something,” Trump added without developing.
Potential threats of tomahaws
Tomahawk missiles have a range of 2,500 km (1,550 miles), allowing Ukraine deep inside Russia, including Moscow. According to the US Congress Research Services, some retirement options can carry nuclear warheads.
Peskov emphasized the risks of such a scenario: “Just imagine: a long -range missile is running and flies and we know that it could be nuclear. What should the Russian Federation think? How should Russia react?
Russian President Vladimir Putin previously warned that the use of Tomahawks would require direct involvement of US staff and stated that any offer would cause a “qualitatively new escalation phase”.
East-west tension
Peskov framed the conflict as a “hot” confrontation with the West, the largest since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. Putin depicts war as a basin in Moscow relations with the West, accusing NATO after humiliation of Russia and affecting its perceived sphere, including Ukrains and wearing Ukransa and carrying Ukransa He wears Ukraine and wears and wears.
Ukraine and its allies, on the other hand, describe the war as grabbing the Earth in the imperial style and promised to defeat the Russian forces.
Strikes on Ukrainian force
On Sunday, Russia expressed “extreme concerns” about the potential delivery of US excursion missiles Tomahawk to Ukraine, because the latest wave of Moscow strikes beat the Ukrainian energy network before winter.
Power Grid under siege
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine said the energy facilities were affected in several regions – including Donetsk, Subsids and Chernihiv – while the Kiev regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said two employees of the DTEK energy giant were injured when Roztoka got under fire.
“Russia continues its air terror against our cities and communities, intensifying strikes on our energy infrastructure,” wrote Volodymyr Zlensky on X (formerly Twitter), adding that Moscow launched “more than 3,100 drones, 92 missiles and about 1,360 Glide Bombs”.
Zeletsky urge harder oil sanctions
He called for stricter secondary sanctions aimed at those who help fund Russian war efforts through the purchase of oil.
“Sanctions, tariffs and joint steps against Russian oil buyers – those who finance this war – must stay on the table,” he said.
He also revealed that he had a “very positive and productive” telephone call with US President Donald Trump on Saturday, during which both leaders discussed strengthening Ukraine by air defense.
Winter concerns are growing
Power Grid Ukraine remained one of Moscow’s primary war targets. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko described Friday’s mass bombing – which injured at least 20 people in Kiev and caused extensive outages – as “one of the largest concentrated blows” to the energy system of Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
The Ukrainian Air Force stated that 103 out of 118 robots that launched overnight, while the Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have shot down 32 Ukrainian drones on their own territory.
When the winter is approaching rapidly, officials warn that the Russian strategy of freezing Ukraine into submission could soon intensify – although geopolitical tension increased over the next step of Washington.
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