[Global Times reporter Zhou Yang Global Times special correspondent Liu Yupeng] Could the United States provide U.S.-made long-range weapons to Ukraine? The US "Wall Street Journal" reported on the 26th that during the United Nations General Assembly in new york, Ukrainian President Zelensky held a closed-door meeting with US President Trump and expressed the hope that the US would provide long-range strike weapons including Tomahawk cruise missiles, and approved its use of the US-made Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to attack targets in Russia. Trump expressed no objection to the above request, but did not make a commitment on the spot.

According to reports, the focus of Zelensky's request this time is the Tomahawk cruise missile with a maximum range of more than 2,000 kilometers. The power of this missile far exceeds any Western long-range weapon previously obtained by Ukraine, enough to attack core Russian targets such as Moscow, and can bypass Russia's advanced air defense system.

Zelensky said in an interview after the meeting that if the Ukrainian army had such weapons, Russia would face greater pressure in the negotiations, he said: ¡°This doesn¡¯t mean we would use it immediately, but if we had it, the Russian side would have to recalculate the risks.¡±

Ukrainian officials are scheduled to travel to Washington next week to meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Hegerseth and Deputy Defense Secretary Corby to focus on long-range weapons.

As early as the Biden administration, the U.S. could pose great risks because the range of the "tactical axis" could cover Russia's interior, as provided to the Ukrainian side, so clearly rejected the Ukrainian request. Some analysts warned that if the U.S. approved the use of the "tactical axis" in Ukraine, it would further escalate the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. According to reports, since the end of this spring, the U.S. Department of Defense has prevented the Ukrainian use of ATACMS to strike Russian targets.

Trump¡¯s recent shift in attitude toward the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has caused widespread concern. At a meeting with Turkish President Erdogan on Sunday, he said: ¡°Russia has spent hundreds of millions of dollars ... but barely (from the hands of Ukraine) took land.

Just a few days ago, Trump posted on the "Real Social" platform he founded that Russia could have defeated Ukraine within a week, but reality proved that Russia "looks more like a paper tiger."

Russian President Peskov said: ¡°Russia is not a tiger, but rather a bear, but without a ¡®paper bear¡¯, Russia is a real bear.¡±

According to U.S. officials, Trump was ¡°very angry¡± that Russia ignored his efforts to push for a ceasefire and Secretary of State Rubio even encouraged European allies to interpret Trump¡¯s statement as a positive signal.

Melvin, an expert at the British think tank¡¯s Royal Joint Army Institute, said Trump¡¯s real motivation was to get the United States ¡°out of responsibility¡± despite the appearance of a change in stance, saying: ¡°He encouraged Ukraine, but did not explicitly promise that the United States would really provide support.

At the same time as new trends are emerging in the U.S. position on the conflict with Russia and Ukraine, the EU is also planning further measures. On 26th, the EU held a video conference where nine countries agreed to establish a ¡°drone wall¡± to better detect, track and intercept drones that violate European airspace. Previously, Poland, Romania, Estonia and other countries said their airspace was invaded by unknown aircraft and pointed their head to Russia.

In addition, a leaked document shows that the EU plans to use Russian assets frozen in Europe to provide Ukraine with interest-free loans of up to €140 billion to support Kiev¡¯s financial and wartime spending.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov recently stated during activities related to the UN General Assembly in New York that NATO and the European Union used Ukraine to launch a "real war" against Russia and have been directly involved in it.