By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In its final months, President Joe Biden's administration has decided to allow U.S. defense contractors to work in Ukraine to maintain and repair Pentagon-provided weaponry,

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.

Kyiv previously had to move US-provided arms out of the country for heavy repair or rely on videoconferencing and other creative solutions In its final months, US President Joe Biden's administration has decided to allow American defence contractors to work in Ukraine to maintain and repair Pentagon-provided weaponry,