Cruise missiles Tomahawk are necessary for Ukraine to change the military balance of power, said Republican Lindsey Graham.
American Republican Senator Lindsey Graham urged the US administration to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles with a range of up to 2500 kilometers to strike Russian military targets, reports DW.
"I want the supply of Tomahawks to Ukraine. I want the US to provide Tomahawks to hit the infrastructure that (Russian President - Ed.) Putin relies on for creating drones and everything else. I want to change the military balance of power," Graham told reporters in the corridors of the Munich Security Conference on Friday, February 13.
He also called for increased pressure on Moscow to encourage it to engage in meaningful peace negotiations. In January, Lindsey Graham reported that US President Donald Trump had given the green light to a bipartisan bill allowing tariffs of up to 500% against countries purchasing Russian oil, gas, uranium, and other raw materials, particularly against China, India, and Brazil.
The discussion about supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles began in the US in the fall of 2025. At the end of October, the Pentagon, as reported by CNN, approved such supplies, but the final decision remains with Trump. CNN sources said that the US president views this measure as leverage against Russia.
Ukraine and US Talks on Tomahawks
In November of last year, Ukraine's ambassador to Washington, Olga Stefanishina, stated in an interview with Bloomberg TV that her country is engaged in "positive" negotiations regarding the procurement of Tomahawks, although Trump had previously ruled out sending these missiles to Kyiv.
According to Stefanishina, the discussions involve not only Tomahawks but also "various other types of missiles - both long-range and short-range." "I can only say that the negotiations are going quite positively," she noted.
