China slammed the U.S. for "pouring fuel on fire and escalating the war" for allowing Kyiv to use the missile system, which has a range of up to 190 miles.

President Biden has granted permission for Kyiv to carry out long-range strikes, and his Ukrainian counterpart said the launches would come soon.

With two months left in office, the president for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use the system known as ATACMS to help defend its forces in the Kursk region of Russia.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian lawmaker Maria Butina said on Monday that the administration of President Joe Biden was risking World War Three if it had allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia.

A pair of powerful congressional Republicans on Sunday blasted the Biden administration for waiting months to allow Ukraine to use long-range U.S. weapons inside Russia. The reported lifting of the restrictions on the Army Tactical Missile System “does not excuse the administration’s deliberate slow-walking of items and assistance long authorized by Congress for use against [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s illegal aggression,