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WiredOct 19, 2021
Day 43: Ukraine Calls for More Weapons Ahead of NATO Meeting as Russia Says It Destroyed 4 Fuel Storage Facilities
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Image copyright: Ukraine Emergency Services [via The Guardian]
The Facts
Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, called on NATO allies to provide more weapons to his country ahead of a foreign ministers' meeting of the military alliance in Brussels on Thurs.
It comes as Russia's Ministry of Defence says it has destroyed 4 fuel storage facilities in the cities of Mykolayiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Chuchiv. The attacks could not be independently confirmed.
The Spin
Anti-Russia narrative
This invasion is an egregious violation of international law. Putin's ultimate aim is to restore the Soviet empire, even if it takes massive bloodshed and false pretexts such as calling the 2014 Ukrainian revolution after a fraudulent election a "coup". This unprovoked attack is the latest chapter in Putin's Orwellian attempt to rewrite history.
Pro-Russia narrative
NATO and the US have ignored Russia's security concerns by breaking its promise not to expand eastward in return for German reunification. These concerns are legitimate and taking them seriously would have avoided the Ukraine tragedy.
