NATO stands ready to support Ukraine for years in the war against Russia, including helping Kiev move from ancient Soviet-era weapons to modern Western military hardware, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. ).
“We need to be prepared for the long term. There is a possibility that this war will drag on and last for months and years,” Stoltenberg told a youth summit in Brussels, adding that NATO allies are preparing to help Ukraine transition from Soviet-model weapons to US-style weapons. western standard.
He spoke after the Kremlin warned that the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine, including heavy weapons, posed a threat to the security of the European continent “and provoked instability”.
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 and military aid to Kiev.
“NATO allies are preparing to provide support over a long period of time and also help Ukraine transition from old Soviet-era equipment to more modern NATO-standard weapons and systems that will also require more training,” Stoltenberg said. .
Most of the heavy weapons that NATO has sent to Ukraine so far are Soviet-built weapons still in the inventories of Eastern European member states, but the United States and some other allies have begun to supply Kiev with Western howitzers.
Germany on Tuesday announced the deployment of Gepard tanks equipped with anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine, the first time Berlin has approved the deployment of heavy weapons to Kiev.
Ukraine’s calls for heavy weapons have intensified since Moscow shifted its offensive to Donbass, an eastern region with largely flat, open terrain seen as better suited for tank battles than the areas in the north around the capital Kiev, where much of of previous fighting took place.
Source: CNN Brasil
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