 Kremlin 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. 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. Lavrov said, 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. 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.