On Tuesday 28 May, European defence ministers were divided over whether to lift the restrictions imposed on Ukraine’s use of their military equipment to allow Kyiv to strike military targets in Russia.
While the Dutch minister, Kajsa Ollongren, and the Estonian minister, Hanno Pevkur, said they were in favour of lifting the restrictions, because it was not normal for Ukraine to fight “with one hand behind its back”, on the same day the Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo,...