13:49 06.04.2022

NATO allies to discuss further financial, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine - Secretary General

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NATO allies to discuss further financial, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine - Secretary General

NATO allies will discuss further financial, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine at a meeting in Brussels on April 6-7, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.

"Allies will discuss how we can further support Ukraine. This is partly about financial support, partly about humanitarian support, but also of course, partly about military support both non-lethal and lethal military support which allies have provided for several years, " Stoltenberg said at a press conference ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on Tuesday.

The Secretary General did not specify which systems he was talking about.

"But it's well known that we speak about advanced weapon systems, we speak about for instance, javelins and other anti-tank weapons, which have proven extremely effective on the battlefield. If there's anything we have seen is that these relatively light weapons have a huge impact. And when we see all the pictures from the destroyed Russian armour, this is first and foremost the result of these weapons. And of course, the courage of the soldiers who are carrying them, " Stoltenberg said.

He noted that the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on Thursday will be attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, who will inform about the latest developments, including Kyiv's negotiations with Moscow.

"And I expect that he will address the needs that Ukraine have or has to reinforce their troops and to make sure that they continue to push back and to provide fierce resistance against the invading Russian troops, " Stoltenberg added.

The Secretary General said that at the same time, the allies agree that NATO should not send NATO troops to Ukraine and should not send NATO aircraft into Ukrainian airspace.

"And that's because we also have the responsibility to prevent a war between Russia and NATO. That will cause more deaths, more destruction, and even more dangers. So yes, we will discuss how we can further support, what more we can do to support Ukraine, including what kind of costs, additional costs, we can put on Russia. I welcome that allies are discussing more sanctions, but I don't expect any Ally to be in favour of sending NATO troops into Ukraine, " he stressed.

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