Russia's Foreign Minister fears Ukraine will receive long-range weapons that will reach “Russia's heart”

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has claimed that the European Union has supposedly drawn up "recommendations" for Ukraine to obtain long-range weapons to strike deep into Russia. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti Quote from Lavrov: "To our knowledge, the EU has drawn up recommendations for Ukraine regarding the need to rely on the supply of long-range weapons to 'reach Russia's heart'."

Details: According to him, the Europeans seem to assume that it is impossible to win a war with the available weapons.

Lavrov also lamented, in the spirit of Russian propaganda, that the West is "exploiting" Ukraine to contain Russia, inflict a strategic defeat on it and prevent Moscow from playing the role on the world stage to which it is supposedly entitled.

Background:

• In January, the UK suggested that Germany deal with Berlin's reluctance to provide Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles.
• The issue of obtaining Taurus missiles with a range of up to 500 kilometres has been actively discussed since last summer.

  Media reports suggested that Berlin was reluctant to take such a step, fearing an escalation due to its missiles striking Russian territory and the infrastructure of the Crimean Bridge.

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