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That day, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a think tank that maps the front lines, Russia made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.understandingwar.org\/backgrounder\/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-10-2024\" target=\"_blank\">\u201ctactically significant gains.\u201d<\/a> In the fighting that followed, Moscow broke through Ukrainian defenses outside the city, which sits little more than two dozen miles from the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then the offensive has lost momentum for two reasons, Austin argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first is that Russia is hitting firmer Ukrainian lines, which Kyiv rushed to prepare while awaiting the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the second is a recent policy change from the administration. To this point in the war, the U.S. hasn\u2019t allowed Ukraine to fire American-provided weapons into Russia, fearing escalation. That recently changed, in large part because Russia was using the policy to its advantage and stationing its forces just outside Ukrainian reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine can now hit Russian positions preparing to attack across the border and use American kit to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dIf someone\u2019s shooting at you, then certainly this gives them the opportunity to counter-fire,\u201d Austin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rules haven\u2019t totally changed. Ukraine only has permission to shoot across the border around Kharkiv and can\u2019t use longer range weapons to hit inside Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur policy with respect to long-range strike into Russia has not changed,\u201d Austin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His comments came at a press conference after the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia\u2019s largest defense summit. While there, Austin met with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy, who addressed the crowd and later discussed the policy change in front of reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIs that sufficient, no,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qyROHDXJc4s\" target=\"_blank\">Zelenskyy said. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While thankful for the change, he argued that there are still too many airfields in Russia that can safely launch attacks into Ukraine. To wit, Moscow <a href=\"https:\/\/cepa.org\/article\/glide-bombs-the-russian-wonder-weapon\/\" target=\"_blank\">has been pounding Kharkiv and other cities with glide bombs<\/a>, or dumb bombs tweaked to be more precise. These are notoriously difficult to intercept, and many are dropped from aircraft based farther into Russia than the Kharkiv region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, speaking with Defense News earlier in the conference, Estonia\u2019s Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said he doubted Russia will be able to take the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2019s little comfort to Ukraine, Pevkur said. The new offensive has pinned more Ukrainian soldiers to one part of a sprawling 600-mile front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe end goal, from the Ukrainian point of view, is the same,\u201d Pevkur said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. defense secretary cited firmer Ukrainian defenses and a policy shift on firing American weapons into Russia as 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