Russia warns US against giving Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine

Russia said on Monday that its military was analysing whether or not the United States would supply Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine for strikes deep into Russia, a step that Russian officials say could trigger a steep escalation.

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US Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday that Washington was considering a Ukrainian request to obtain Tomahawks.

President Donald Trump has not made a final decision, and he has been wary of escalating the Ukraine war into a direct confrontation with Russia. But the fact he is now weighing such a move shows the extent of his frustration with President Vladimir Putin's refusal to agree a ceasefire since he hosted the Russian leader at a summit in Alaska last month.

Tomahawks have a range of 2,500 km-easily far enough to hit Moscow and most of European Russia if fired from Ukraine.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky cautioned Kremlin officials last week that they should “know where the bomb shelters are.”

It was unclear how or through which countries the Tomahawks could be supplied. Zelensky has asked Washington to sell them to European nations that would send them to Ukraine.

For the Kremlin, the escalatory risks of US involvement in firing such missiles deep into Russia are clear.