Ukraine just used US rockets to strike targets inside Russia for the first time

Kyiv has used US weapons inside Russia just days after President Biden approved the tactic for defending Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, officials said.

Yehor Chernev – the deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament’s committee on national security, defense and intelligence – said Kyiv used the weapons to destroy Russian missile launchers in the Belgorod region, The New York Times reports. 

While the Ukrainian military has remained silent on the weapons’ usage, a western official familiar with the matter also confirmed the use.