The US decision to lift restrictions on Ukraine regarding strikes against Russia with long-range missiles is still "on the table." The decision is likely to come after the election in the US, according to MP and Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been pressing the U.S. and other allies to allow his forces to use Western weapons to target air bases and launch sites farther afield as Russia has stepped up assaults on Ukraine's electricity grid and utilities before winter.

Ukraine has used its long-range drones to carry out a string of attacks on key Russian ammunition depots this month.