State Duma assesses US statement on allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia
29 September 2025 14:13
US Special Representative Keith Kellogg’s statement that US President Donald Trump allowed Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with long-range weapons is strange. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexei Chepa said this in an interview with Russian media, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
“I think this is a strange statement. It is written in halftones. Without understanding that it is true or false,” he said.
According to Chepa, at that time, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy was persistently asking for Tomahawks. The MP emphasized that this statement by American representatives was not specific.
Prior to that, the Russian dictator’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian side had heard and was carefully analyzing the statements of US Vice President J.D. Vance and US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg about possible supplies of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
He added that in the event of a supply, the question arises as to who will launch the missiles deep into Russia.
As a reminder, the United States does not prohibit Ukraine from launching strikes deep into Russian territory. Keith Kellogg, the US President’s special envoy for Ukraine, said this in an interview with Fox News.
on September 28, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance gave an interview to Fox News, during which he said that the White House is discussing the possibility of supplying Tomahawk cruise missiles to other NATO member states. These states, in
