US restrictions on use of long-range weapons remain as Russian missile strike ravages children’s hospital in Kyiv

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    Jamie McIntyre
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    Rescuers, medical staff and volunteers clean up the rubble and search victims after Russian missile hit the country's main children hospital Okhmadit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 8, 2024. The daytime barrage targeted five Ukrainian cities with more than 40 missiles of different types hitting apartment buildings and public infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)

    While President Volodymyr Zelensky travels to Washington for the NATO summit celebrating 75 years of the alliance, Ukraine today is in a day of mourning after Russia launched its heaviest bombardment of the country in months on Monday.

    In remarks in Poland yesterday, Zelensky underscored Ukraine’s desperate need for more air defenses, such as the U.S.-made Patriot system, but again renewed his plea for President Joe Biden to lift restrictions on the use of U.S. weapons to strike deeper into Russia.

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    Jamie McIntyre
    Jamie McIntyre joined the Washington Examiner in 2016 as a senior writer covering defense and national security. His newsletter, “Jamie McIntyre’s Daily on Defense,” goes out each weekday morning to thousands of national security professionals and opinion leaders. An internationally known journalist with more than 40 years of experience, he served as CNN’s military affairs and senior Pentagon correspondent from 1992-2008 and Al Jazeera America’s national security correspondent from 2014-16. McIntyre began his career in radio in 1976 at WTOP, the all-news station in Washington, and was a newscaster for NPR’s All Things Considered from 2011-14. He holds a bachelor's degree in broadcasting from the University of Florida and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, where he also serves as an adjunct instructor.
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