[U.S. Department of Defense Approves Providing Long-Range Tomahawk Missiles to Ukraine, Final Decision Left to Trump]  
The U.S. Department of Defense has assessed that providing long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine will not deplete U.S. military stockpiles and has approved the plan, leaving the final political decision to U.S. President Trump. Earlier this month, during a White House luncheon with Ukrainian President Zelensky, Trump explicitly stated his reluctance to provide the missiles, citing the need to preserve domestic weapon reserves. Ukraine hopes to use the Tomahawk missiles, with a range of approximately 1,600 kilometers, to target energy facilities within Russian territory. European officials expressed excitement, believing the U.S. no longer has grounds for refusal. Trump had previously publicly stated that the U.S. possesses a large stockpile of Tomahawk missiles available for Ukraine.