Zelensky’s ‘pie in the sky’ long-range missile hopes slow-walked by Washington - Ex-DoD Analyst

Zelensky’s ‘pie in the sky’ long-range missile hopes slow-walked by Washington - Ex-DoD Analyst “I think Zelensky had a ‘pie in the sky’ goal of trying to get the US to give committed support, militarily, financially to get long-range missiles approved. I don’t think he fared very well,” ex-senior DoD security policy analyst Michael Maloof told Sputnik. That’s how Maloof summed up Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to Washington this week, and his departure without a US go-ahead for long-range strikes at targets deep inside Russia using NATO missiles – which President Putin recently warned would put NATO and Russia into a state of war. Zelensky’s hosts in Washington “were polite and listened to him, but there’s too much at stake at this point,” Maloof said, stressing that granting the self-proclaimed Ukrainian president’s request would require direct US intelligence and other support, something the DoD is likely wary of providing. A big part of the problem for Zelensky is that the US is now... Source: Sputnik International