Cracked: Zelenskyy needs American tomahawks for his victory plan

Zelensky’s “victory plan” contains five points with three secret additions. He also has a third point, which refers to “non-nuclear deterrence“. according to list of the New York Times part of it is Ukraine’s request to supply American Tomahawk missiles. These have a range of more than 2,400 kilometers, which is seven times greater than the long-range ATACMS missile systems that Ukraine has already acquired from the US, albeit in limited numbers.

But the Americans have a big problem with tomahawks, according to The New York Times sources. Among other things, because the number of Ukrainian targets in Russia is reportedly far higher than the supplies the United States could have without putting its interests in the Middle East and Asia there the danger. So the chance that the US will stick with Ukraine in this part of the secret change is very small.

Zelenskyi has been pushing Western leaders for weeks to back his plan, which he says will end the country’s war with Russia next year. So far, however, it has received only rhetorical support. But no country agreed that Ukraine would launch long-range Western missiles at military targets deep in Russian territory. No Western power has publicly supported Ukraine’s invitation to NATO as the war escalates.

Some military and diplomatic analysts say the plan may have implications for a domestic audience, according to the paper. President Zelenskyy can use it to show that he did what he could. At the same time, it would prepare people for the possibility that Kyiv would have to conclude a compromise agreement with Moscow, and it would give the Ukrainians an appropriate scapegoat: the West.

With declining Western support, losses on the eastern front and in Russia’s Kursk region, and the US election looming, that could mean a very different policy. towards Ukraine, Zelenskyy may not have many other options, according to The New York Times.

“At least he’ll be able to say he tried. That he has exhausted his options,” said Michael John Williams, a professor of international relations at Syracuse University in the US and a former NATO adviser.

According to the paper, Zelenskyy is doing everything he can to get the United States and other allies to commit to what Ukraine believes it needs so it can negotiate from a position of strength. He is also using the presence of North Korean troops in the Kursk region of Russia to try to get the right momentum for his plan.

According to Zelensky, there is no obvious plan B unless the West supports his “plan for victory”. He reiterated that he was still against the decline of the area. But he also spoke about diplomatic measures to solve problems such as the protection of energy infrastructure and the establishment of a safe shipping corridor from Ukraine in the Black Sea. And he mentioned one course of action that would allow Ukraine to save face if it doesn’t get back all the land ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ “No one can legally recognize the residential areas as belonging to other states,” he said.