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- 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.