Reinhard Wolski, retired Bundeswehr general and chairman of the Berlin Security Conference, shared his opinions in an interview with Anton Borkovskyi, host of the Studio West program on Espreso TV."I think this is a pure and only decision by the American President. I think, even if NATO discusses it, the last decision on delivering Tomahawks to Ukraine is completely up to President Trump. Having said that, we are aware that Ukraine actually has developed a Flamingo cruise missile and that they are improving their own capability for long-strike precision weapons. But, as I said, it would make a big difference. And I think that if President Trump decides upon giving the Tomahawk, nothing as an escalation by Mr. Putin would happen," the general noted.According to him, when the West or Ukraine demonstrated strength and readiness to defend themselves — and Ukraine demonstrated strength on the second day after Russia's invasion — Putin hesitated to escalate."So, what we have to do: be vigilant and bring up our military forces in NATO, support Ukraine, and, if we do that really successfully, Mr. Putin would hesitate of any escalation or even any invasion into one of the NATO nations. I see that as very unlikely for the time being. But we have to be vigilant, and we have to increase our willingness to defend ourselves. That means more procurement, more training, more forces, as soon as possible," Wolski stressed.On Thursday, October 16, U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone conversation with Putin, during which they agreed to meet in Budapest.