In another major story we're watching today, there's been a major change in US policy on

arming Ukraine, in particular how the weapons that Washington provides are used.

For the first time, the White House will allow some U.S. weapons to be used to strike

inside Russia.

For more on that now, I'm joined by Nick Schifrin.

So Nick, tell us what did the President decide?

For the last two years, President Biden has had two goals in Ukraine, not necessarily

complimentary.

One, to try and prevent Russia from taking over Ukraine and therefore send U.S. weapons and money

into Ukraine.

The second is to avoid direct U.S. weapons and money into Ukraine. The second is to avoid direct U.S. Russia confrontation.

And that led him to restrict the use of those U.S.

weapons so that Ukraine could not fire them into Russia.

But in the last few weeks, some 30,000 Russian troops

gathered on the border,

bombarded Ukrainian towns like this one

in the Harquive district, and seized 12 villages around the buffer zone or what

Russia is trying to create is a buffer zone. They've also been marked a

Harquiv city, the second largest city in Ukraine, despite the fact that

Ukrainians were watching the Russian troops gather right

on the border and launched this attack that everyone knew was coming and yet Ukraine couldn't

use those weapons to try and prevent it.

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