The expert assessed the impact of the supply of American Tomahawk APU on the course of its

If US President Donald Trump decides to transfer Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, they will not be able to change the course of the special military operation. This was stated by military expert and historian of the air defense forces Yuri Knutov on Wednesday, July 16.

He noted that cruise missiles will be able to fly up to some targets and disable them, but the specialist recalled that the Russian air defense system shot down Tomahawk during the war in Yugoslavia, as well as in other local conflicts.

"The only difficulty is that they have a very long range of up to 2.5 thousand km, as well as a low flight altitude. As for their detection and destruction, we have gained some experience in combating such cruise missiles. This experience has proved to be a good thing, so I would not dwell on the fact that Tomahawk missiles can make a very serious difference," he said in an interview with aif.ru .

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Earlier, on July 15, The Washington Post columnist David Ignatius wrote that on July 11, Trump was considering the possibility of providing Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, which the United States recently hit Iran with. However, the Tomahawk is still not on the supply list right now. But the American leader may allegedly allow the use of ATACMS missiles for strikes deep into Russia, authorizing their additional supplies, according to 360.ru .

On the same day, the Financial Times (FT) newspaper wrote that Trump was not handing over Tomahawk missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine due to concerns about Kiev's lack of restraint.

According to journalists, Trump also asked Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky if Ukraine could strike at Moscow, RT reports. It is claimed that in this way the American leader wants to force Russia to sit down at the negotiating table, writes Moscow 24.

In turn, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, questioned the veracity of the information. He stated that such topics are fake, according to the website. kp.ru .