The North Atlantic Defense Alliance, NATO, will provide besieged Ukraine with more weapons in the fight against Russia. That includes heavy weapons, the NATO secretary general said. Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday before consultations with the alliance’s 30 foreign ministers in Brussels. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said when he arrived that Ukraine needed “guns, arms and guns”. “We know how to fight, we know how to win”.
But without heavy weapons, the suffering of its people will only be prolonged, said Ukraine’s chief diplomat. The country needs aircraft, heavy anti-aircraft systems and mobile rocket launchers. Specifically, Kuleba directed his appeal to Germany. “It is clear that Germany can do more.” Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed on Wednesday that Berlin will continue to supply weapons to Kiev. Kuleba also reiterated his call for a full oil and gas embargo on the aggressor state. Ukraine will continue to “insist” on this.
NATO Foreign Ministers Discuss More Support
The foreign ministers of NATO’s 30 countries wanted to discuss more support for Ukraine and an increase in defense capabilities in the eastern alliance’s area on Thursday. In addition to Kuleba, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and colleagues from Finland, Sweden and Georgia were also expected as guests.
Among other things, Kuleba is expected to report on the latest developments in the war with Russia and on efforts to negotiate peace. At the start of the meeting on Wednesday, Secretary-General Stoltenberg warned that the war would soon end. There is no sign that Russian President Vladimir Putin has given up on his ambitions to control all of Ukraine, he said. One must be aware that war can last “many months or even years”.