NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte affirmed the need to guarantee the supply of weapons to Ukraine so that it stops withdrawing from the territories controlled by kyiv and even tries to return them.
“We must ensure that defense assistance continues to flow to Ukraine so that Ukraine can go from being in a position where it is losing territory to being able to stabilize the front and then be able to take back from the Russians what it lost.” Rutte told reporters in Poland, where he is on a one-day visit.
Rutte’s speech was broadcast on the alliance’s website.
Russia believes that the supply of weapons to Ukraine interferes with the agreement, directly involves NATO countries in the conflict and is “playing with fire.” Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Lavrov He noted that any shipment containing weapons to Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. According to him, the United States and NATO are directly involved in the conflict, not only supplying weapons, but also training personnel in Britain, Germany, Italy and other countries. The Kremlin stated that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the negotiations and will have a negative effect, RIA Novosti recalls.
