Defence alliance agrees to ramp up aid to Ukraine
Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg gestures at a news conference during the defence alliance's foreign ministers meeting in Bucharest, Romania, November 29 2022. Picture: STOYAN NENOV/REUTERS
“President Putin is trying to use winter as a weapon of war,” he told reporters as Nato foreign ministers gathered in Bucharest for a two-day meeting which he said would serve as a platform to mobilise more support for Ukraine.Nato foreign ministers will focus on increasing military assistance for Ukraine such as air defence systems and ammunition, even as diplomats acknowledge supply and capacity issues, but also discuss non-lethal aid.
“The coming months will be a big test for us all. For Ukraine it is existential, for us moral. We must continue helping Ukraine for as long as necessary,” Slovak foreign minister Rastislav Kacer said. Washington is working with US firms and European nations to locate equipment that can help restore high-voltage transmission stations damaged by Russian missile strikes, a senior state department official told reporters.Tanks
“My message to fellow foreign ministers at today's Nato meeting is simple: keep calm and give tanks,” he said on Twitter, showing an image of a Ukrainian flag with a tank in the middle.
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