NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg holds a news conference in Brussels
Reuters: NATO says it's ready to back Kyiv for years in war against Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO is ready to maintain its support for Ukraine in the war against Russia for years, including help for Kyiv to shift from Soviet-era weapons to modern Western arms and systems, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday.
He spoke after the Kremlin warned that Western arms supplies to Ukraine, including heavy weapons, posed a threat to the security of the European continent "and provoke instability".
"We need to be prepared for the long term," Stoltenberg told a youth summit in Brussels. "There is absolutely the possibility that this war will drag on and last for months and years."
The NATO chief said the West would continue to put maximum pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a "special military operation", through sanctions and economic as well as military aid to Kyiv.
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WNU Editor: The British Foreign Secretary is saying the same thing .... Ukraine war could last TEN years: Liz Truss predicts a 'long haul' and urges the West to increase its aid to push 'desperate rogue operator' Putin and his army out of the whole country (Daily Mail).
There are now others who are calling for NATO to get prepared for war against Russia .... Russia-Ukraine war latest: Former NATO commander warns that West must gear up for war (Yahoo News).