The escalation comes after U.S. President Joe Biden last weekend authorized the use of American-supplied long-range missiles by Kyiv to strike targets inside Russia, finally responding to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s demands that Western allies loosen restrictions on donated weapons.
The Kremlin warned there would be consequences for the move.
Ukraine also reportedly fired British Storm Shadow cruise missiles at targets on Russian territory this week. Russia, for its part, has bombarded Ukraine with Iranian killer drones and North Korean missiles during its 1,000-day invasion.
