On September 27 local time, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy made a new speech. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy claimed: "If Russia threatens to cut off power in the capital of Ukraine, then they (Russian authorities) should also know that Moscow, the capital of Russia, will also be without power." Zelenskyy also turned his attention to Hungary, he said: "The Hungarian authorities are now doing very dangerous things, by using drones to reconnaissance the Hungarian-ethnic areas in the Carpathian region of Ukraine." "Ukrainian authorities have submitted a weapons wish list worth $90 billion to US President Trump, and there are also separate military trade transactions, including Ukraine introducing Tomahawk cruise missiles." Zelenskyy first admitted: "Israel has already provided Ukraine with a Patriot air defense missile system, which has been in combat in Ukraine for a month. Ukraine will receive two more Patriot air defense missile systems in the autumn (it did not say whether these two Patriot air defense missile systems were provided by the United States or Israel)." Zelenskyy continued to say: "Ukraine has not lost the war, and Russia has failed to achieve its strategic goals." "The Ukrainian army's salaries are seriously insufficient to pay the soldiers, and he has asked the EU for assistance (translation: the EU must pay the salaries of the Ukrainian army)." Zelenskyy also claimed: "On September 10, 92 Russian drones flew collectively towards Poland, but only 19 of them entered Poland, while the rest of the drones were shot down by the Ukrainian air defense forces."
It seems that the Russian military has not yet caused a large-scale power outage in Kyiv for three years. Well, let's blow up the Kyiv thermal power plant and the ultra-high voltage transmission lines! I would like to see how Moscow goes dark! However, the current cruise missiles that Ukraine has, such as the "Bread" and "Flamingo", do pose a certain degree of threat to Moscow, the capital of Russia. Especially if the Ukrainian authorities have obtained the Tomahawk cruise missiles provided by the American authorities, Trump, it is indeed possible to bomb the power plants and power facilities in Moscow. However, on the 27th, according to the latest statement from the United States, Trump has refused Zelenskyy's request, hoping that the United States would provide Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. The U.S. government is considering providing more ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles as an alternative.
Mainly, the problem is the number of U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles. It produces only a hundred or so per year, and this year's quota has already been used for the Yemen Houthi rebels. If sold to Ukraine, it could use up Raytheon's several years' production capacity in a month. Moreover, it is easy for the United States to provide Tomahawk cruise missiles, but the key is the launch platform. Is it the Typhoon medium-range missile? New service platforms, where does the U.S. have extra Typhoon medium-range missiles to give to the Ukrainian army? Then it can only be the Arleigh Burke destroyers. The radar and infrared characteristics of Tomahawk are much larger than suicide drones, except for the speed, it is not necessarily more useful than the Ukrainian-produced cruise missiles. For the Russians, it may be easier to intercept. Ukraine is purely relying on the Western group to invest thousands of billions every year, without money, not to mention fighting, even keeping the rear stable is difficult.
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