Source: Direct News
Direct News: Russian-US leaders mentioned the "Tomahawk" issue during the phone call on the 16th, and Trump said he would convey Russia's concerns to Zelensky. Why is the entry of "Tomahawk" into Ukraine a high-sensitive question, and what does Trump's attitude?
Special commentator Guan Yao: It is precisely because the U.S. President has recently repeatedly used the "Tomahawk" to make high-profile remarks and continues to put pressure on Putin, which has caused media public opinion to explode. A few days ago, on the "Air Force One" special plane departing for Israel, Trump also told reporters that if the Russia-Ukraine war continues to stop, I'm going to send them Tomahawks, and I will provide them with some "Tomahawks." He claimed that "'Tomahawks 'will become a new big move for Ukraine to resist Russian invasion."
So adding to the strength of the Ukrainian arsenal, the "Tax" became the biggest focus, but not to sell the "Tax", not to provide to Ukraine, this is too sensitive, the decision-making power is not in Hertz, but Trump plotted.CNN 16 reports pointed out that although the "Tax" issue is widely concerned, but did not appear on the agenda in Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Luther also for Hertz spoke out, stressing that this is a bilateral issue, should be directly discussed by Ukraine and the United States.
But this "direct negotiation" time window will open on 17th, Zelensky on Friday will enter the White House for the third time in Trump's second term, "Tax" agenda is likely to be the focus of the talks between the two sides. The day before the call with Putin, Trump also sold the stake in the White House, he said in response to a reporter's question that Zelensky wanted to attack, but I still have to make a final decision on this, the Ukrainians especially hope to strengthen the offensive against Russia.
It is worth noting that the U.S. media has recently begun to intensify this trend, and two senior researchers at the Washington think tank International Strategic Research Center, published in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, directly headlined Trump’s “to send them ‘Tax’” scream, advocating that this is a major step toward promoting peace. To predict that the U.S. ‘Tax’ killer will not only increase Ukraine’s long-range aggression, but will even drive European powers to follow the wind. As before, after the U.S. agreed to supply Abram’s recharge tanks, Germany subsequently also exported ‘Falcon’ tanks to Ukraine. They analyzed that if Trump released the ‘Tax’, it would not exclude Germany’s follow-up, providing Taurus gold cruise missiles with a
Direct News: Will the entry of "Tomahawk" into Ukraine really completely change the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield situation as hyped by Western media? During the call, Putin made it clear that the provision of "Tomahawk" by the United States to Ukraine will not help change the battlefield situation. Russian high-level officials have recently voiced their firm opposition intensively. Will this affect Trump's decision-making?
As a long-range "Taxic" missile, the maximum range of more than 2,000 kilometers, the single price of up to $ 1.7 million, the European American media intense hype is that "Taxic" is deployed into Ukraine, including most of Russia's territory, including Moscow, within its range. Even experts have estimated that the deployment of the long-range "Taxic" missile with a range of 2,500 kilometers, Russia's mainland will have 2,000 military targets, in its fire coverage, even the medium range "Taxic" line of 1500 kilometers, Iran's Shahid drone factory built in Russia Yelabuga, will also be placed in its range. Shahid drone is now the main model of Russian military attacks on Ukraine at night, the threat to Ukraine, Ukrainian records show that the Russian military launched
But will this American-made "tomahawk" really become a game changer, the so-called winner on the battlefield? The Russian President has made a clear response to this. Putin told Trump during the phone call that the United States 'provision of "tomahawk" to Ukraine will not help change the situation on the battlefield, but will also damage the peace process and undermine Russia-US relations. When attending the annual meeting of the Valdai Forum last month, Putin made a stern statement that Russia firmly opposed the entry of the "Tomahawk" into Ukraine. The Russian Federation Security Council Vice Chairman Dmitry Medvedev was even more blunt, warning that a severe response would be made with nuclear weapons. He emphasized that Russia has no way of distinguishing whether the "Tomahawk" attacks whether it is equipped with a conventional warhead or a nuclear warhead. As for whether the "Tomahawk" will become the winner and winner of the war and whether it can completely reverse the situation, Putin declared at the Valdai Forum that it cannot change the balance of military forces on the battlefield.
So, when Trump met Zelensky in the White House on the 17th, would he provide Ukraine with this aggressive killer? It is interesting to see that last week's Nobel Peace Prize announcement, according to the British "Financial Times", the first reaction of Europe is stealing, Trump really wants to shock next year's Nobel Prize, mediate the war in Gaza, and put all his efforts into Russia's Ukrainian conflict mediation.
Direct News: U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth severely warned at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday that the United States and NATO allies will make "Russia pay the price for military actions against Ukraine", predicting more firepower for Ukraine. What do you think of this?
Special commentator Hu Yao: Hergezsett sounded the battle drum in Brussels, which is also in line with his consistent hard manhood, and his title will soon be changed to Minister of War.
The UDCG is a disruptive international organization built by the U.S. headquarters, under the Biden government, under the UDCG meeting, usually at the U.S. military base in Germany. This conference was held at the UDCG headquarters, a clear goal of reducing military pressure on Russia, to discuss the so-called “Ukraine priority list” initiative, the PURL mechanism arrangement. This is also the new UDCG model of Trump 2.0, the U.S. armed confession, other members of the UDCG, especially European countries to pay for.
Of course, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has recently taken on a new trend, and negotiation efforts have returned to deadlock. Both countries are engaged in drone warfare and are launching all-out attacks on each other's energy infrastructure. In addition, some Eastern European and NATO countries neighboring Russia have accused Russian drones and even fighter jets of intruding into their airspace some time ago. European Commission President Von der Leyen has publicly called for the construction of so-called "drone defense wall" on the front line of Eastern European countries neighboring Russia. As a member of NATO, Poland launched the NATO collective defense mechanism last month and launched a joint operation to shoot down multiple Russian drones. At the beginning of the month, European media intensively reported that the fuselage of a Dutch F-35A fighter jet participating in drone interception operations in Poland was painted with the so-called military exploits of shooting down a Russian drone. The fighter jet was exposed to the public and the direction was self-evident. Dutch Defense Minister Brekelmans also attended the conference on the 15th. He made no secret that Dutch F-35 fighter jets participated in the interception and killing of Russian Shahed drones in Poland, but he emphasized that to deal with Russian drones, the US-made F-35 fighter jets are not the first choice and the most effective weapon, and more cost-effective countermeasures must be found. The Dutch Defense Minister has repeatedly exaggerated that Russia's current military threat to NATO territory is "increasing."
This is why this UDCG meeting has attracted much attention from public opinion. As for the arrangement of the PURL mechanism, in the final analysis, it is a matter of money. As of October, relevant countries have agreed to donate US $2 billion, while Zelensky's weapons purchase orders totaled US $3.5 billion, showing an obvious funding gap. Therefore, Hegseth talked louder than words at the meeting on Wednesday, and wanted to turn his verbal statement on aid to Ukraine into actual investment in the PURL mechanism. Secretary-General Rutte announced that more than half of NATO members, namely 17 or 18 countries, have agreed to fund the PURL project. He repeatedly emphasized that more investment from European countries will soon be translated into Ukraine's "military capabilities."
As for what Hagerseth called "military equipment for transporting Ukraine", the biggest focus of the outside world now is of course whether the United States will export the "Tomahawk" missile to Ukraine. Whether this "American-made ax" will be sold or not, but this is actually a highly sensitive question that Hagerseth cannot answer.
Author by Yao