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HEADLINE: US Intelligence, Tomahawks, and Escalation in the Ukraine War GUEST NAMES: John Hardie, Bill Roggio SUMMARY: The US is considering providing Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, potentially facilitating strikes on Russian energy nodes us

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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HEADLINE: US Intelligence, Tomahawks, and Escalation in the Ukraine War

GUEST NAMES: John Hardie, Bill Roggio

SUMMARY: The US is considering providing Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, potentially facilitating strikes on Russian energy nodes using US intelligence. While Russia warns of escalation, experts believe their response will likely be strengthening air defense rather than direct conflict with NATO. Ukrainian officials are urgently seeking air defense systems due to increasing Russian missile and drone production.

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I'm John Batchew of Bill Roshio, my colleague, and we're speaking with John Hardy

0:28.0

on the Ukrainian war, fog of war, but we do have headlines. John, Mr. Zelensky, says he will

0:35.4

meet Mr. Trump in Washington the end of this week.

0:39.3

At the same time, it is reported almost simultaneously that the senior Ukrainian officials are heading to Washington for talks on defense and energy.

0:50.2

Is there something in the wind?

0:52.3

The remarks by the president have been adamant that Russia must end the war, but there was no timeline attached.

0:59.0

Do you have a sense of what these talks are for this weekend?

1:02.0

Yeah, so you're a mark the top age is Olensky.

1:06.0

So they discuss Tomahaw, air defense, sanctions, energy.

1:11.9

So, you know, I think there are a number of kind of open issues between Ukraine and

1:16.7

the United States.

1:18.4

We've already discussed the missile issue.

1:20.2

I think air defenses remains a kind of top priority for Ukraine.

1:25.0

So, you know, I think they'll be planning to discuss there on sanctions. I think,

1:30.5

you know, this is something that's kind of moved a little bit to the back burner. But it's still

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