NATO main Jens Stoltenberg reiterated the confederation volition "stand by Ukraine for arsenic agelong arsenic it takes”, vowing accrued enactment for the country, which is battling Russian forces since February.
NATO defence ministers agreed to “provide much aerial defence assistance to Ukraine” astatine the gathering of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group connected Wednesday.
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NATO volition supply much aerial defence assistance to Ukraine, the 30-member subject alliance’s caput wide has said.
Jens Stoltenberg spoke connected Thursday astatine a associated property league with US defence curate Lloyd Austin earlier the 2nd time of the NATO defence minister’s reunion successful Brussels.
Stoltenberg announced that the ministers agreed to “provide much aerial defence assistance to Ukraine” astatine the gathering of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group connected Wednesday.
“We volition basal by Ukraine for arsenic agelong arsenic it takes,” helium reiterated, vowing accrued enactment for the country, which is battling Russian forces since February.
NATO besides welcomes the determination of the UN General Assembly condemning Russia’s annexation of 4 Ukrainian territories and calling connected Moscow to reconstruct the country’s territorial integrity, helium added.
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Good to conscionable Defence Minister @oleksiireznikov again. At this captious infinitesimal successful #Russia’s warfare against #Ukraine, #NATO Allies are stepping up support, including with much aerial defence. Ukraine indispensable prevail. pic.twitter.com/jzXuAjjmGf
— Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) October 12, 2022'Security of the region'
For his part, Austin hailed NATO allies who “step up to supply information assistance” adjacent successful the eighth period of Russia’s “unprovoked and unjust penetration of Ukraine.”
“This confederation is the indispensable forum for consultation, decision-making and enactment erstwhile it comes to the information of the region,” helium said.
Austin besides reassured of the US committedness to protecting “every inch of NATO's territory” successful enactment with its Article 5 connected corporate defence.
NATO defence ministers are expected to measure the alliance’s effect to Russia’s alleged atomic threat, arsenic good arsenic further adjustments to the subject organisation’s defence and deterrence posture successful effect to the violative successful Ukraine.
EU overseas argumentation main Josep Borrell volition besides articulation them for a treatment connected the aboriginal of NATO missions.
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