A HIMARS rocket launching.
A rocket launches from a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
  • A number of NATO members have relaxed restrictions on Ukraine using their weapons to strike Russia.
  • The US and its allies have moved recently to allow Ukraine to hit targets across the border. 
  • The policy changes could help Ukraine repel Russian glide-bomb strikes in and around Kharkiv city.

A handful of NATO countries have lifted the restrictions on Ukraine using their weapons to strike military targets inside Russia, giving Kyiv's forces new battlefield options that could help them defeat the highly destructive glide bombs they have so far struggled to stop.