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French Hill signals conditional support for Tomahawk transfers to Ukraine
Summary
French Hill said he has supported giving Ukraine 'the right weapon systems' and would back Tomahawk missiles if NATO partners and defense committee members approve transfers to countries that would then pass them to Ukraine.
Republican Congressman French Hill said he supports providing Ukraine with appropriate long-range weapon systems and would back Tomahawk missile transfers if allied countries and relevant committees supported those transfers.
Asked whether supplying Tomahawks was a mistake, Hill said Ukrainians "absolutely demonstrated their masterfully tactics of use of the weapons" and that they had used strategic systems effectively, noting operations that cleared the Black Sea of the Russian navy. He added that he would support transfers "if the NATO forces and the country supporting Ukraine in our defense committee would support, the transfer of Tomahawk missiles to those countries who in turn transfer them to the Ukrainians." "I would be supportive of that," he said.
Hill argued that stronger weapons and sanctions together make it harder for Russia to continue its invasion. The interview did not include technical details about command-and-control, end-use monitoring, or which specific Tomahawk variants would be considered, and it did not include responses from defense officials or NATO partners.
