ISW: With Tomahawk Tomahawk missiles can significantly impair the combat efficiency of Russian forces on the front

The Kremlin is trying to prevent the United States to supply Ukraine’s Tomahawk missiles to preserve the shelter that Russia uses in its rear, these missiles will allow Ukraine’s defense forces to significantly reduce the combat efficiency of the Russian army on the front. This is stated in the report of the American Institute for War Study (ISW).

Analysts point out that Ukrainian troops are able to strike distant -action drones in a large part of the Russian rear, but the useful load on these drones is limited and is not suitable for the destruction of specialized objects.

“The ability of Ukraine to make rocket strokes deep into the Russian rear with greater amount of amount of amounts to Ukraine will significantly damage-if not destroyed-key military facilities in Russia, such as Shahheda drone in Elabuz, Republic of Tatarstan, or Engelis-2 Air Base in Saratov. Air base in Ukraine, ”the report reads.

ISW estimates that, within the reach of the 2500-kilometer version, Tomahawk is at least 1945 Russian military facilities, and within the 1600-kilometer version-at least 1655.

Analysts believe that from Tomahawk Ukraine can probably significantly impair the combat efficiency of Russian troops on the front line, striking in vulnerable areas of rear support that support and provide Russian troops on the front line.

The ISW draws attention that Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to curb the United States from supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, linking the improvement of bilateral relations between the United States and Russia with concessions about war in Ukraine.

In an interview, published on October 5, he stated that the supply of US missiles Tomahawk would “destroy” a “positive trend” that emerged in US-Russian relations, linking the prospect of improving US and Russia relations with restriction of US support.

According to analysts, Putin continues to use the perspective of incentives that are not related to the war in Ukraine to obtain concessions from the United States about war in Ukraine.

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Putin has promoted various rhetorical lines to try to hold back Trump administration from supplying Tomahawk missiles. On October 2, Putin was threatened by the United States against the sale of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, claiming that US military personnel will have to participate directly in Ukrainian Tomahawk.

Putin also stated that the supply of such missiles to Ukraine would marry a “new level of escalation”, but will not change the situation on the battlefield.

ISW points out that Putin has put forward such arguments when the United States considered the possibility of providing Ukraine with ATACMS, F-16 fighters and Abrams tanks. Putin seems to be trying different approaches – from threats to the deterioration of bilateral relations to the dimension of the utility of rockets – to influence the approval of US decisions.

On September 26, the US edition of Axios, citing its own sources, wrote that US President Donald Trump refused to provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, as asked by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

It is reported that during a meeting with Trump on September 23 in New York, Zelensky explained that the presence of such missiles could increase pressure on Russia and encourage President Vladimir Putin to sit at the negotiation table, perhaps even without the actual use of this type of weapon.

The sources of Axios, knowledgeable with the course of the meeting, confirmed that the request concerned the long -range cruise missiles Tomahawk. The use of these weapons requires appropriate start -ups and infrastructure, such as vertical launchers on ships or submarines, as well as control and guidance. In the absence of such platforms in Ukraine, the possibility of direct use of the placed missiles would be limited.

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Subsequently, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that the topic of discussion from the United States is to provide Ukraine with a long -range weapon without specifying what kinds of such weapons are being discussed.

The Tomahawk rocket, produced by RTX, has a range of up to 1,000 miles (more than 1600 kilometers), which significantly exceeds the capabilities of US rocket launchers of ATACMS (about 190 miles) that are actively using the Armed Forces. Tomahawk has higher speed and combat force than Ukrainian drones that can strike deep into Russia, but often face modern air defense systems.

Ukraine has appealed to partners with requests for long -range weapons during the last year. Kyiv also tries to develop its own long -range solutions, including the Palyanytsya and Flamingo systems, but they do not have such combat characteristics as Tomahawk.