7 months ago
3
Russian President Vladimir Putin said connected Thursday (October 2, 2025) that a determination by the United States to proviso Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine would trigger a large caller escalation with Washington, but would not alteration the concern connected the battlefield.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said connected Sunday that Washington was considering a Ukrainian petition for Tomahawks.
Asked what the proviso of Tomahawks would mean, Mr. Putin said it would beryllium unsafe arsenic the cruise missiles were almighty and posed a threat.
"It is intolerable to usage Tomahawks without the nonstop information of American subject personnel," Mr. Putin said astatine the Valdai Discussion Club successful the Black Sea edifice of Sochi.
"This volition mean a wholly new, qualitatively caller signifier of escalation, including successful relations betwixt Russia and the United States."
Mr. Putin said Tomahawks could harm Russia, but that it would simply sprout them down and amended its ain aerial defence.
Two U.S. officials told Reuters connected Wednesday (September 30, 2025) that the United States would supply Ukraine with quality connected long-range vigor infrastructure targets successful Russia, arsenic it weighed whether to nonstop Kyiv missiles that could beryllium utilized successful specified strikes.
Putin connected U.S. tariffs connected Russia’s commercialized partners
Vladimir Putin besides criticized U.S. efforts to unit India and China into cutting vigor ties with Moscow, informing that specified moves could backfire economically.
Mr. Putin said that if higher tariffs are imposed connected Russia’s commercialized partners, it would thrust up planetary prices and unit the U.S. Federal Reserve to support involvement rates high.
That, successful turn, would dilatory down the U.S. economy, Mr. Putin told a forum of Russia experts.
