kyiv — Washington faces growing pressure from NATO and several key European allies to lift restrictions and allow Ukraine to use the full force of U.S.-supplied weapons to strike targets military in Russia. The demands reflect new concern in the West over Russian advances on the battlefield in recent days, including the capture of several villages in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions and brutal bombings that killed dozens of civilians.
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