NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that NATO countries recognized the “urgency” to provide greater support to Ukraine to deal with Russian troops, but also assumed that the Alliance must prevent the conflict from escalating beyond the former Soviet republic and that war could continue. told. last “months and possibly years”.
“The message from all allies is that NATO allies are ready to provide support to Ukraine. provide more support“And the allies recognize the urgency of providing further support,” Stoltenberg said at a news conference after the foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels.main message your allies today,” he stressed.
This Thursday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine attended the ministerial meeting, Dmitro KulebaEmphasizing that his country needs before the press “guns, guns and guns”and ensure that they arrive as quickly as possible.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Alliance members have worked bilaterally and outside of Russia’s structures. transatlantic organizationprovided weapons to kyiv for self-defense.
In any case, Stoltenberg did not want to specify the type of weapons NATO members are supplying to Ukraine, but said they deliver a wide range of different weapon systems. armament.
He also added that NATO’s primary responsibility is “to protect and defend all allies and allies”. prevent this conflict from escalating and it will turn into a full-fledged war between NATO and Russia.”
“We avoid discussion. NATO will not be directly involved in combat. “NATO allies will not send troops to Ukraine, but we also support Ukraine in many different ways,” he said.
“We provide reliable deterrence and at the same time we support Ukraine because the courage, courage, commitment and political leadership of the armed forces and the Ukrainian people have inspired us all and this is extremely important.” keep supporting them“, commented.
He said the war could go on. “weeks, months and possibly years”and stressed that if the war is to prolong, the risk is “primarily to the Ukrainian population”.
“Of course, as long as the war continues there will be a risk of escalation beyond Ukraine, and that’s exactly what NATO is focused on, preventing that escalation. We are focused in part on preventing escalation by getting allies to send the same message.” and staying united, but also increasing presence eastern part of the alliance“,” he stated.
Whenever the war ends, long term effects in our security, how NATO should respond and ensure continued collective defense and security for NATO allies.”
Norwegian politician, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “control Ukraine and achieve important military victories in front of”.
“We do not see Russia withdrawing. What we are seeing is Russia regrouping and repositioning its forces, withdrawing from northern Ukraine but also to move these forces east, and we expect a great war in Donbas, a major Russian offensive. That’s why today the Allies also stressed the urgency of providing more support to Ukraine,” he said.
Regarding a video on social networks in which Ukrainian soldiers opened fire on a captured Russian soldier in a town near Kyiv, Stoltenberg stated that he was not aware of the incident, but that international law and law enforcement war crime “Always unacceptable.”