The Pentagon said Friday that it will send “a small number” of U.S. defense contractors to Ukraine, where they will repair advanced American-made weapons, including F-16 fighter jets and Patriot air-defense systems, donated by Western allies amid ...

U.S. officials say the Pentagon is easing restrictions to allow a small number of private American defense contactors to work inside Ukraine, helping repair and maintain equipment

The Pentagon will allow contactors to repair military equipment inside Ukraine for the first time, putting what a Defense official termed "a small number" of personnel inside the country at war with Russia.