Ukraine FM seeks EU help in lifting arms curbs

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00:00As Russian forces advance deeper into eastern Ukraine and Ukrainian troops continue their

00:06incursion of Kursk, a fresh appeal from Kiev.

00:10It's calling on the EU to use its sway over the United States and Britain to lift restrictions

00:15on Ukraine's use of long-range weaponry inside Russia.

00:20The outstanding issue on our agenda is the permission for Ukraine to strike legitimate,

00:29I emphasize legitimate, military targets in the depths of Russia.

00:34And here we are mainly talking about airfields, which are used by Russia to launch their bombers,

00:40strategic bombers and tactical bombers, to attack Ukrainian forces and to attack Ukrainian

00:45citizen infrastructure.

00:47The Ukrainian foreign minister's appeal was echoed by Europe's top diplomat.

00:52Joseph Burrell insists that if restrictions are in place, the donated weapons themselves

00:58are pointless.

00:59The weaponry that we are providing to Ukraine has to have full use and the restrictions

01:06have to be lifted in order for the Ukrainians to be able to target the places where Russia

01:14is bombing them.

01:16Otherwise, the weaponry is useless.

01:21Ukraine says it needs restrictions on the use of long-range weapons lifted to keep up

01:25the momentum after its surprise incursion into Kursk.

01:29And while officials in Brussels want the limits taken off the table, member states including

01:34Italy and Hungary share similar reservations as the US and Britain that the lifting of

01:39all restrictions will only escalate the conflict with Moscow even further.

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