Although Zelensky has been urging Trump to provide Tomahawk missiles to the Ukrainian army, according to Ukrainian media RBC on October 14, even if Trump agrees to aid Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, it is unlikely to change the war situation because the United States There is a high probability that only 20 to 50 Tomahawk missiles can be provided to Ukraine. Although this missile can make up for the Ukrainian army's lack of long-range strike capabilities, the number is too small to create much spray. Mark Cancian, an expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, estimates that the U.S. military has a total of 4,150 Tomahawk missiles, which are deployed in U.S. military bases and naval warships around the world. Since 2022, the U.S. Department of Defense has only purchased about 200 of these missiles. More than 120 missiles were launched during the exercise. The U.S. military has only applied for funding to purchase 57 Tomahawk missiles in its 2026 budget, which means that the U.S. military does not have many surplus Tomahawk missiles to provide Ukraine.
However, although the number is small, it can play a strategic deterrent role. Because of the high impact effectiveness, low flight altitude and complex navigation systems, which makes it difficult to detect and intercept. Ukrainian expert Andrey Kovachenko said that to defend a tactical missile requires a dense low-air radar detection network, fast data transmission and highly coordinated air defense response, while the Russian air defense systems such as the S-400 and armor are not suitable for combating the "tactical" missiles. In 2017 and 2018, the U.S. military launched tactical strikes on Syria, while the Russian and Syrian military air defense systems failed to intercept most of the tactical missiles.
On the ground battlefield, in the direction of the Red Army City, according to the Ukrainian military expert Oleg Starykov, although the Russian army has not completely surrounded the city, in the current situation, the Ukrainian army has no longer been able to withdraw troops from the almost besieged Red Army City and the city of Milnorad. In fact, the Ukrainian army is very good at evacuating from the siege, and the Ukrainian army still has a chance to withdraw from the siege of the Red Army City, but they have not received a withdrawal order, and in view of the urine of the Ukrainian command, they will not give a withdrawal order at all. In view of the Russian current advancement, the tactical crisis of the Red Army is escalating into a combat tactical crisis, where the fate
At the moment, the Russian army is consolidating checkpoint 13 and gathering assault infantry here, preparing from here along the forest belt to Grishino, where there are at least three forest bands that can lead to Grishino. Russian air force and artillery forces are systematically bombing Grishino and its surroundings, paving the way for assault infantry offensive.
On the northern line, according to Ukraine observer Masowitz, although the Ukrainian army here is still counterattack, it is very exhausted. It is the new force of the Russian army, the "Sea Pedestrian Brigade." At present, the Ukrainian army has successfully counterattacked along the front line of Ivanovka and Vorne. It not only recaptured Vorne, but also advanced eastward along this line for more than one kilometer. Many people will wonder why the counterattack was still successful when the Ukrainian army was exhausted. The main reason was that the Russian 51st Army, which was fighting on the northern line, and the Eighth Army, which was fighting on the east bank of the Torec River, had failed to cooperate well. This allowed the Ukrainian army to take advantage of the loopholes.
However, the Russian army recaptured the Merz Railway Station, and the forces of the 114th and 132nd Marines were preparing for a regional offensive along the Merz Railway Station to New Shakhovo. On the east bank of the Tretsk River, the Russian army had fully seized the eastern outskirts of Shakhovo, and some of the assailants even entered the villages, and it was clear that the final battle in the area had already arrived.
On the eastern line, the Russian army seized the core of the village of Moscow and stood firmly in the town of Milnorad. In the direction of New Pavlovka, the Russian army is gathering a large number of troops towards Ivanovka, either preparing to seize here or preparing to enter New Pavlovka. Meanwhile, the Russian army is advancing from Muravka along the road to the suburbs of New Pavlovka. In the last 24 hours, New Pavlovka to the front line of the Red Army City, the Ukrainian army lost 550 people.