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Why Won't Biden Let Ukraine Hit Russia Back With US Weapons?
Kyiv needs to strike across the border before it loses Kharkiv and much of its eastern regions.
Falling short.
Photographer: Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images
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Ukraine’s fate is no longer hostage to neo-isolationists in the US Congress. But its fortunes are still at their lowest ebb since the desperate days after the initial Russian invasion in early 2022.
Case in point: the new Russian thrust toward Kharkiv. That assault probably won’t conquer Ukraine’s second-largest city. But it demonstrates the price that Ukraine is paying for America’s — and its own — tardiness in girding for this moment. And it underscores the inanity of US restrictions that keep Kyiv from taking the fight to Russia on its own soil.