US is considering selling Tomahawk missiles to European countries to support Ukraine
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The United States is considering Ukraine’s request to obtain long-range Tomahawk missiles for its continued defensive efforts to push back against Russia, Vice President JD Vance said.
After meeting President Donald Trump durning the United Nations General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked the US to sell Tomahawks to European nations that would send them to Ukraine.
Vance said on Fox News Sunday that Trump would make the “final determination” on whether to allow the deal.
“We’re certainly looking at a number of requests from the Europeans,” Vance added.
Tomahawk missiles have a range of 2,500 km (1,550 miles).
In the past, Trump has denied Ukraine’s requests for use of long-range missiles but the US leader has grown increasingly frustrated at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to reach a peace deal.
Vance posited during the interview Russia has made little in the way of territorial gains recently.
“We’ve been actively pursuing peace from the very beginning of the administration, but the Russians have got to wake up and accept reality here. A lot of people are dying. They don’t have a lot to show for it,” he said.
