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10/07/2025October 7, 2025Russia says awaiting ‘clearer statements’ on Tomahawks

Handout photo dated May 27, 2019 shows a Tomahawk land attack missile is launched from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) during a live-fire demonstration as part of Pacific Vanguard in the Philippine Sea. Tomahawks would have a sufficient range for Ukraine to strike targets including MoscowImage: Taylor DiMartino/US Navy/ABACA/picture alliance

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is waiting for clarity from the US about the possible supply of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. 

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would want to know what Ukraine planned to do with such weapons before sending them, because he did not want to escalate the war. However, he also said that he had “sort of made a decision” on the matter. 

Asked about the comments, Peskov said: “We understand that we need to wait, probably, for clearer statements, if any come.” 

Peskov also said that Tomahawk missiles “could also be nuclear capable,” and so said that providing them would be “truly a serious round of escalation.” 

Ukraine is not a nuclear power, although three NATO members (the US, the UK and France) are.

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10/07/2025October 7, 2025Ukraine is seeking to import more gas, including LNG

Ukrianian government minister Svitlana Hrynchuk speaks during a press conference at the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan (November 19, 2024)Svitlana Hrynchuk has been energy minister since July and was previously the minister for environmental protection and natural resources [FILE: November 2024]Image: Murad Sezer/REUTERS

Ukraine’s Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk told reporters in Kyiv that Ukraine wants to increase its natural gas imports by 30%. 

Hrynchuk said she had discussed the plans with G7 countries, and that Kyiv was also considering boosting liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. 

She said that Russian airstrikes had caused “significant” damage to Ukraine’s gas production capacity, while declining to give specific details.

Hrynchuk said the attacks targeted regional gas infrastructure and power transmission facilities in frontline regions. 

Russia has regularly targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since its full-scale invasion in 2022.

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10/07/2025October 7, 2025Welcome to our coverage

Hello and welcome to our updates on Russia’s full-scale invasiuon of Ukraine. 

Satellite images of Ukraine’s strike on an oil depot in occupied Crimea on Monday have started to materialize. Meanwhile, Ukraine says it is looking at importing more natural gas and possibly LNG fro G7 countries. 

Meanwhile, the Kremlin appears to be as perplexed as everyone else by Donald Trump’s recent remarks suggesting the possibility of supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles.

Stay tuned for the latest updates and analysis.

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