The US authorization for Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory will not affect the special operation, Head of Russia's State Duma Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov told Sputnik.
Earlier, the Pentagon confirmed that US President Joe Biden's administration had authorized Ukraine to attack targets on Russian territory, threatening the Kharkov area with US weapons in a counter-battery war.
However, the US left in place a ban on the use of ATACMS operational tactical missiles and other long-range weapons.
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that representatives of NATO countries should be aware of "what they are playing with" when they talk about plans to allow Kiev to attack "legitimate targets" deep inside Russian territory with missile systems provided to Ukraine by the West.