Ukraine’s daring offensive intensifies pressure on US to ease cautious approach to the war

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s daring ground offensive has taken the fight to Russia, but not nearly as much as its leaders would like. That’s because, they say, the United States won’t let them. The U.S. restricts the use of long-range ballistic missiles it provides to Ukraine, which wants to aim them at military targets inside Russia. Ukraine’s incursion and a barrage of drones and missiles that Moscow launched this week have intensified pressure on the Biden administration to ease its cautious approach to the use of Western weapons in escalating Ukrainian attacks. Some of Ukraine’s American and European supporters say they fear the U.S. caveats could doom Ukraine’s fight.