Ukraine ‘to use Tomahawks to wipe out massive Russian drone factory’ | World | News
Ukraine would use Tomahawk cruise missiles to destroy a massive drone production facility in Russia if Donald Trump gives the green light, a retired four-star general has claimed. The US President said he could supply long-range weapons to Ukraine at the request of Volodymyr Zelensky, with whom he plans to meet in Washington DC this week.
Tomahawks have a range of more than 1,500 miles, providing access to Moscow and large parts of Russia. General (retired) Jack Keane has said that if Ukraine gets the missiles, its “number one target” will be the infamous Alabuga production center, where Russian versions of the Iranian-designed Shahed drones are being built, bringing death and destruction to Ukraine every night. The former US Army Deputy Chief of Staff said “20,000 North Koreans” worked at the factory.
he said Fox News: “His [Alabuga] It’s out of range of everything they have right now.
“This will be the first target, but they will all be military targets.
“Ukraine will not target civilian targets.”
Ukraine struck Alabuga with long-range drones, but the impact of attacks with Tomahawks could be a game changer.
Some estimates say as many as 25,000 North Koreans will be stationed at the facility, with Pyongyang leader Kim Jong Un pledging maximum support for Vladimir Putin’s war.
African workers are also being flown by the Kremlin to build drones in Alabuga, some 725 miles away from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Russia is trying to deter the US from supplying weapons, warning that it could lead to major consequences if the weapons are deployed.
Putin said this would destroy his relationship with the US President, while his ally Dmitry Medvedev issued apocalyptic warnings that Russia would not know whether incoming Tomahawk missiles carried nuclear warheads.
The United States has not made any suggestions that the Tomahawks sent to Ukraine for potential use against Russia would be nuclear-armed.
Moscow also claimed that such missiles (due to their technology) would be launched by US military personnel, not Ukrainian, meaning the attack could trigger World War III.
This was echoed by Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator of neighboring Belarus, the Kremlin’s closest ally, who claimed that Putin wanted peace despite Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukraine.
“My last meeting with the Russian President clearly shows that the Russian leadership is determined to establish peace,” he said.
“No Tomahawk can solve the problem.
“This will escalate the situation to the point of nuclear war.”
General Keane said Mr Trump was aware the Kremlin’s nuclear threats were “bluffs”.
Mr Trump pressed the Russian leader to end the war “quickly” and warned “we have a lot of Tomahawks.”
He added that Russia’s economy had “collapsed” due to Ukraine’s successful attacks on Russian oil refineries.
Overnight, Russia launched major attacks on Ukraine again, causing destruction and emergency power outages.
Footage shows power plants in Kherson being bombed while fires ravage Pavlohrad, Kamianske and Slavgorod.
There were power outages in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Poltava regions, and strikes in the Sloviansk and Donetsk region as Mr Putin refused to ease his push to swallow more territory in Ukraine.
On Tuesday, Russian forces hit a UN humanitarian aid convoy in the Kherson region.
Two trucks clearly marked by the World Food Program were apparently hit by a kamikaze drone.
The UN stated that no personnel were harmed and said, “Deliberately targeting humanitarian aid and humanitarian assets is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and may amount to a war crime.”
Two people, aged 73 and 67, in a nearby civilian vehicle were injured.
