Former Russian President Reminds Trump Of Supplying Tomahawk Missiles To Ukraine Will Have Fatal Impact

JAKARTA - Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said supplying US Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine could have a bad impact on everyone, especially US President Donald Trump.

Medvedev, who repeatedly satirized Trump on social media, said it was impossible to distinguish between the Tomahawk missile carrying a conventional nuclear warhead and missile after its launch.

"How should Russia respond?" Medvedev said on Telegram, as if signaling Moscow's response would be nuclear, reported by Reuters, Monday, October 13.

Trump again said he might offer a long-range Tomahawk missile that Kyiv could use if Putin did not end the war in Ukraine.

"Yes, I might tell him (Putin), if the war is not over yet, we might do it," Trump said.

"Maybe not, but we will probably do it. Do they want Tomahawk to be directed at them? I don't think so," he continued.

Meanwhile, Medvedev wrote: "We can only hope that this is just another empty threat, such as sending nuclear submarines closer to Russia."

He alluded to Trump's statement in August, which claimed to have ordered two nuclear submarines to move closer to Russia in response to what he called "very provocative" comments from Medvedev about the risk of war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles with a range of 2,500 km (1,550 miles) and therefore could strike any region in Europe, including Moscow, will destroy relations between the United States and Russia.

On the opposing side, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine would only use the Tomahawk missile for military purposes and would not attack civilians in Russia if the US provided it.