Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Antony Blinken shaking hands.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, in Kyiv, Ukraine, last week.
  • US officials are considering letting Ukraine strike Russia with US weapons, The New York Times reports.
  • Ukraine says it's necessary to fight cross-border attacks. 
  • But fears of crossing Russia's red lines have long made the US hesitate. 

The US has barred Ukraine from striking targets in Russian territory with its arsenal of US weapons.

But that may be about to change. The New York Times on Thursday reported that US officials were debating rolling back the rule, which Ukraine has argued severely hampers its ability to defend itself.