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Business InsiderAug 23
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 Facts
Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, called for the lifting of restrictions on long-range weapons provided to Ukraine on Wednesday so that it can strike targets deep inside Russian territory.
Writing on X (formerly Twitter), Borrell said: "Ukraine's Kursk offensive is a severe blow to Russian Pres. Putin's narrative. Lifting restrictions on the use of capabilities vs the Russian military involved in aggression against Ukraine [...] would have several important effects."
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.