{"id":126702,"date":"2024-06-23T15:11:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T15:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/06\/23\/pentagon-ukraine-may-fire-us-missiles-into-russia-in-self-defense\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:19:59","slug":"pentagon-ukraine-may-fire-us-missiles-into-russia-in-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2024\/06\/23\/pentagon-ukraine-may-fire-us-missiles-into-russia-in-self-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon: Ukraine may fire US missiles into Russia in self-defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s military is allowed to use longer-range missiles provided by the U.S. to strike targets inside Russia across more than just the front lines near Kharkiv if it is acting in self-defense, the Pentagon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden initially&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/05\/30\/biden-partially-lifts-ban-on-ukraine-using-us-arms-in-russia-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\">loosened the restrictions<\/a>&nbsp;on how Ukraine could use U.S.-provided munitions to give it another option to defend the eastern city of Kharkiv from a relentless barrage of Russian missiles. Since the beginning of Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion, the U.S. had maintained a policy of not allowing Ukraine to use the weapons it provided to hit targets inside Russia for fear of further escalating the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2024\/06\/20\/white-house-redirects-air-defense-interceptors-to-embattled-ukraine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23080708892237.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">White House redirects air defense interceptors to embattled Ukraine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Biden administration will delay the delivery of hundreds of air defense interceptors to friendly countries and redirect them to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has been firing on Ukrainian targets from inside its border, treating its territory as a \u201csafe zone,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we see those forces conducting those types of operations from across the border, we\u2019ve explained Ukraine can and does have the right to fire back to defend themselves,\u201d Ryder told reporters Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon said the additional permissions are not a new policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not about geography. It\u2019s about common sense,\u201d said spokesman Army Maj. Charlie Dietz. \u201cIf Russia is attacking or about to attack from its territory into Ukraine, it only makes sense to allow Ukraine to hit back against the forces that are hitting it from across the border.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAdditionally, they can use air defense systems supplied by the United States to take Russian planes out of the sky, even if those Russian planes are in Russian airspace, if they\u2019re about to fire into Ukrainian airspace,\u201d Dietz said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House also announced Thursday that it is&nbsp;rushing delivery of air defense&nbsp;interceptor missiles to Ukraine by redirecting shipments planned for other allied nations, as Washington scrambles to counter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-attacks-power-grid-oil-f117d1493f690d2192c9f6c60cbcf32d\" target=\"_blank\">increased Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. was already sending Ukraine a consistent stream of interceptors for its air defense systems, including for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2024\/06\/11\/us-will-send-ukraine-another-patriot-missile-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patriot missile<\/a> batteries and the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, or&nbsp;NASAMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National security spokesman John Kirby told reporters that more was urgently needed as Russia\u2019s military has accelerated missile and drone attacks against cities and infrastructure centers ahead of this winter. 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