Washington, Crossing a Kremlin Red Line, Allows Ukraine To Launch American Missiles Against Targets in Russia
The policy change is restricted to the Kharkiv front and is dictated largely by the region’s unique geography — just 12 miles from the Russian border.
Opening a new American chapter in the 27-month-old Russia-Ukraine war, the Biden Administration has authorized Ukraine to use American-supplied missiles to strike targets inside Russia. The policy, announced yesterday afternoon at Washington, was triggered by Moscow opening a new front in Kharkiv Region, home to Ukraine’s second-largest city.
The policy change is restricted to the Kharkiv front and is dictated largely by the region’s unique geography. Located 12 miles from the Russian border, the city has seen its eastern suburbs devastated by cross-border shelling from Russian howitzers out of reach of Ukrainian forces.
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