NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg mentioned Thursday it was “not too late for Ukraine to prevail” in opposition to Russia so long as its allies fulfil guarantees to ship extra weapons.
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“In current months, NATO allies haven’t offered the assist we’ve got promised,” he mentioned in a speech on a go to to Berlin.
“However it’s not too late for Ukraine to prevail, as a result of extra assist is on the best way.”
Ukraine has suffered setbacks on the battlefield in opposition to Russia’s forces as a result of ammunition and weapons shortages.
However Stoltenberg famous that the US Congress had lastly accredited a invoice to supply billions of {dollars} in assist for Ukraine, and different nations together with Britain, Germany and the Netherlands had made new pledges.
“It’s now our duty to show these commitments into actual deliveries of weapons and ammunition – and to take action rapidly,” he mentioned.
Stoltenberg additionally took a swipe at China, accusing Beijing of “propping up Russia’s battle financial system” by sharing high-end know-how that can be utilized to provide missiles, tanks, and plane.
“China says it desires good relations with the West. On the similar time, Beijing continues to gasoline the biggest armed battle in Europe since World Conflict Two,” he mentioned, warning that “they can not have it each methods”.
Berlin and Beijing have historically loved shut financial ties, with German firms investing big sums in China and exporting items in huge portions to the world’s quantity two financial system.
However after the vitality shock attributable to the Ukraine battle hit Germany’s essential producers notably onerous, stress has been rising on German corporations to cut back their dependence on authoritarian China.
On a go to to China final week, Chancellor Olaf Scholz confused nevertheless that Germany didn’t wish to “de-couple” from China, quite it was looking for to cut back “one-sided dependencies”.
(AFP)