Military expert Vladyslav Seleznov, a colonel in reserve of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and spokesperson of the General Staff (2014–2017), shared his opinions on Espreso TV.“Lately, we increasingly hear about the possible delivery of American Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. That would really be great news — not only because these missiles can travel up to 2,400 km and carry about 450 kg of explosives to the target, but also because they are quite hard to intercept. The experience of modern wars shows that Russian S-300 and S-400 systems very rarely managed to prevent the effect of these missiles. I mean events in the Middle East, specifically in the Syrian Arab Republic, where there was a direct confrontation between the S-400 system and the Tomahawk — and the clear winner was the American missiles,” Seleznov noted.In his view, Putin and his inner circle are primarily afraid that, if Ukraine receives Tomahawks, it will strike military and defense‑industrial targets in Russia.“By talking about strengthening Russian air defenses, Putin is being disingenuous, because Russia's territory is very large and contains many important strategic sites that are not as reliably protected as the Kremlin, Moscow and the Moscow region. Under those conditions, Tomahawk gains certain options. A range of 2,400 km covers nearly 60 Russian regions: looking at the map, that’s Murmansk in the north and Tyumen in the east — a huge number of targets in both the defense industry and oil‑refining facilities, fuel storage sites — all of these could fall within strike range. And 450 kg of explosives will surely destroy any defenses, even very high‑level ones. Under those circumstances, Putin has reason to worry. I think Tomahawks could be an effective bargaining chip in negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow,” the military expert concluded.On October 13, U.S. President Donald Trump said he might provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles if Russian leader Vladimir Putin does not stop the war.