The US has authorised Ukraine to use American-made weapons for strikes within Russian territory. This decision, approved by President Joe Biden, marks a departure from Washington s previous stance. We look at the reason behind this policy change and whether it will have a significant impact on the war
As he creeps between rubble-strewn garages near the central square of Chasiv Yar, the eyes and ears of the reconnaissance commander are glued squarely to the overcast midday sky. Most of that, though, is unfolding at a distance, — around two and a half kilometers away to be precise — where Russian forces pound the residential neighborhood on the edge of the city. What bothers the commander, 41-year-old Andrii “Yankee,” more are not the sounds of explosions but of propellers; those belonging to the hundreds of drones, enemy and friendly, constantly surveying the battlefield.