NATO Chief Says ‘Not Too Late for Ukraine’ to Beat Russia

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg mentioned Thursday it was “not too late for Ukraine to prevail” towards Russia so long as its allies fulfil guarantees to ship extra weapons.

“In latest months, NATO allies haven’t offered the assist we’ve 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 towards 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 shortly,” he mentioned.

Stoltenberg additionally took a swipe at China, accusing Beijing of “propping up Russia’s battle economic system” by sharing high-end expertise that can be utilized to provide missiles, tanks, and plane.

“China says it needs good relations with the West. On the identical time, Beijing continues to gasoline the most important armed battle in Europe since World Struggle Two,” he mentioned, warning that “they can’t have it each methods”.

Berlin and Beijing have historically loved shut financial ties, with German firms investing large sums in China and exporting items in large portions to the world’s quantity two economic system.

However after the power shock brought on by the Ukraine battle hit Germany’s essential producers significantly arduous, strain 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 harassed nevertheless that Germany didn’t wish to “de-couple” from China, relatively it was looking for to cut back “one-sided dependencies”.