Biden says ‘working’ on Ukraine use of US long-range weapons inside Russia
Al Jazeera
Zelenskyy has pressed Ukraine’s allies to lift restrictions on Western-supplied arms to strike deep inside Russia.
President Joe Biden has said his administration is “working out” whether to authorise Ukraine to use United States-made, long-range weapons inside Russia, provoking anger in Moscow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly called for restrictions on Western-supplied, long-range weapons to be lifted so his forces can strike airfields, ammunition depots, and command centres deep inside Russia, also increasing the costs of the invasion for Moscow.
Biden, when asked by reporters on Tuesday whether he would allow Ukraine to use such missiles to target sites inside Russia, said: “We’re working that out right now.”
His comments followed a US assessment that Iran has been supplying missiles to Russia.
The remarks drew swift condemnation in Moscow, with Vyacheslav Volodin, the head of State Duma, the lower house of the country’s parliament, saying such a move would make the US and its allies a party to the war and prompt Russia to deploy more powerful weapons.
