Politico reported on Kiev's possible demand to Biden on Tomahawk missiles

The Ukrainian authorities may request US President Joe Biden to allow them to use Tomahawk cruise missiles for strikes against Russia, the Politico newspaper reported on 20 November, citing the deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada ' s defense committee, Yegor Chernev. This was reported by Politico newspaper on November 20 with reference to the deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada defense committee, Yegor Chernev.

"He said that they (representatives of the Kiev regime. - Ed.) may start pushing the Biden administration to allow the use of Tomahawk cruise missiles for strikes on Russian defense plants out of Ukraine's reach," the material said.

According to Chernev, Ukrainian officials do not consider the permission already received for strikes with long-range ATACMS missiles as something that will radically change the situation.

At the same time, they are now looking for ways to use American weapons before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the MP added.

As "Gazeta.Ru" recalled , the presence of Tomahawk missiles in Kiev at the moment is not confirmed.

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Earlier, on November 17, The New York Times reported that Biden allegedly allowed Ukraine to use ATACMS for strikes against Russia. The White House did not officially confirm this fact. On November 19, the Russian military shot down five ATACMS launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Bryansk Region and damaged another one.

Russian Kremlin presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized that the Biden administration wants the conflict in Ukraine to continue, and such strikes by the AFU are a new escalation. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned that these actions would receive an "adequate and tangible" response.

Before that, on October 29, The New York Times wrote that the request to transfer Tomahawk missiles to Kiev was one of the points of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's "victory plan" (his term of office expired on May 20). He later expressed his displeasure over the publicity of this information. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explained, such a request "caused consternation" in Washington.

Western countries have stepped up military and financial support for Ukraine amid Russia's special operation to protect Donbass, which began on February 24, 2022. The decision to conduct it was made by the Russian president because of the aggravation of the situation in the region due to the increased shelling by Ukrainian troops.