Tomahawks for Ukraine would be gloves off

Donald Trump says he is considering sending Tomhawk land-attack cruise missiles to Ukraine so they can target Russian facilities. This would be a major development, even bigger impact-wise than anything the US has provided in the war so far. It would also mean that US technicians would be needed to help the Ukrainian military fire them. Trump may back off this idea, knowing that Putin would see it as a provocation too far and could lead to a huge escalation. But it just might also force Putin to rethink because support for the war in Russia is dwindling fast, especially now that Ukraine is increasingly targetinbg Russian oil refineries and powqer plants inside Russia, causing long queues for petrol everywhere. Tomahawks have a range of well over 1,000 miles and would give Kyiv the chance to attack sites closer and closer to Moscow. It could be devastating and as they are low-flying cruise missiles as they approach the target, they would be more difficult to shoot down. Trump has effectively given up on doing a deal with Putin and has handed over the war and the West's support for Kyiv to the Europeans. Providing Tomahawks might be Trump's last gauntlet-throwing to force Putin to negotiate. However, judging by Putin's past responses to western weaponry arriving in Ukraine, he is more likely to take the gloves off and attack Ukraine with even more ferocity and send more and more drones and missiles across Nato borders. It's a dangerously pivotal moment.