A US-provided M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launches a rocket at Russian positions on Dec. 29, 2023 in Ukraine.
A US-provided M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launches a rocket at Russian positions on Dec. 29, 2023 in Ukraine.
  • The US has long restricted Ukraine from using American weapons to strike targets inside Russia.
  • Analysts and officials say this policy is interfering with Ukraine's ability to defend itself.
  • But Kyiv is pushing the US to change its stance in the wake of the Russia's new Kharkiv assault.

The Biden administration's policy restricting Ukraine from using US-provided weapons to strike military targets inside Russia is hamstringing Kyiv's ability to defend itself, analysts and officials say.