NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that 'it is urgent' for the United States to authorize additional aid for Ukraine to fight Russia's invasion.
“Every day of delay in the decision in the United States on providing more support to Ukraine has consequences on the battlefield,” NATO Secretary-Generalreporters Wednesday. “That’s one of the reasons why the Ukrainians now have to ration ammunition and why they are struggling to keep up with the Russians who are now able to outgun them with more weapons and more ammunition than the Ukrainians have.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken address the media during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. NATO foreign ministers gathered in Brussels on Wednesday to debate plans to provide more predictable, longer-term support to Ukraine.
Air defense systems are among the most critical needs for Ukrainian forces to repel Russian attacks on critical infrastructure around the country. Yet Ukrainian troops will have to begin to relinquish territory to Russian forces if they do not also receive a major influx of artillery, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“So it is urgent that the United States make a decision and that the U.S. Congress actually is able to turn the majority … into a concrete decision,” Stoltenberg said. “They assured me that there is a majority in the U.S. and also in the U.S. Congress for support. But so far they haven’t been able to turn that majority into a decision and that’s exactly what we all now are waiting for, and it is urgent.
Zelensky’s fear of a breakthrough by Russia shouldn’t extend to Kyiv, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who maintained this week that “we already have” ensured that the Ukrainian capital will not fall to the invading forces.a French media outlet during a Tuesday visit to Paris.
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