The Russian Propaganda Attack on America
AtlanticSEP 9 2024
Ukraine Presses US on Allowing Missile Strikes Deep Within Russia
Above: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (2ndR) , Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov (R), German Defense Minister Christine Lamprecht (2ndL) and General Mark Milley (C). Image copyright: Thomas Niedermueller/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Lifting Ukraine's restrictions on weapons would allow it to better defend itself by striking Russian sites that launch missiles into Ukraine with impunity. This would help Ukraine's war effort, push Putin to negotiate for peace, and save Ukrainian lives.
Pro-Russia narrative
The US needs to think long and hard about whether to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range weapons. Ukraine knows the only way it can possibly win this conflict is by drawing in the US and UK into the fight, and that's what it hopes to achieve by striking Russia with their weapons, even if it leads to the outbreak of World War III.