A Russian general dismantled a border-protection group not long before Ukraine attacked, report says
Business InsiderAUG 31 2024
Ukraine: EU's Top Diplomat Calls for End to Long-Range Weapons Sanction
Above: Josep Borrell, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, arrives to a European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on June 27, 2024. Image copyright: Pier Marco Tacca/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Lifting restrictions on Ukraine's weapons would allow the nation to better to defend itself by enabling it to strike Russian sites that launch missiles into Ukraine with impunity. This would help the war effort, save Ukrainian lives, and will push Putin to negotiate for peace.
Pro-Russia narrative
This development is typical of the modern EU. The bloc's top diplomat believes he's advancing peace by pushing for further escalation of the conflict, but all he's doing is further debasing what the EU stood for in the first place.