NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg defended on Monday that the Alliance countries must be prepared to support Ukraine “for a long time” because Russia’s ability to maintain the war cannot be underestimated.
“We have to be ready to support Ukraine for a long time,” despite Russia backing down on the ground and the Ukrainians liberating the occupied territories, Stoltenberg said in Madrid at the 68th annual session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the defense alliance between European and North American countries).
Stoltenberg said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, when he militarily attacked Ukraine last February, underestimated the defense and resistance capacity of the Ukrainians, as well as the unity of the international community around kyiv, but now it would be “a big mistake underestimate Russia.” that it maintains an “important military capacity and a high number of troops” to continue the war.
After nine months of war and failing to defeat Ukraine in “a few days”, as was the initial goal, Moscow is currently inflicting significant casualties on the ground and inflicting “terrifying suffering on the Ukrainian people” with gunfire. missiles on cities, houses and vital energy infrastructure, Stoltenberg stressed, calling on the members of the Atlantic Alliance to remain united around Ukraine and strengthen support for kyiv.
“I know that this support comes at a price and in our countries many people are facing a visa cost crisis and these are difficult times for many people. But the prices we, NATO allies, pay are measured in money, while the Ukrainians pay a price measured in blood,” she said.
Soltenberg added that the price to be paid in the event of Russia’s victory would be “higher”, with “authoritarian regimes around the world” knowing “that they can get what they want with brutal force” and make the planet “more dangerous”. NATO’s “most vulnerable” countries.
Source: TSF
