NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes that Western countries should prepare for a long-term conflict in Ukraine, since there are no prospects for its settlement yet. He called the fighting in Ukraine a “war of attrition”.
According to Jens Stoltenberg, Russia does not plan a peaceful outcome of the conflict. He also called for increasing production capacity for the supply of ammunition and weapons to Ukraine. “The current ammunition consumption rate is higher than the current production rate,” Mr. Stoltenberg said in an interview. Guardian.
As the NATO Secretary General noted, the military assistance currently being supplied is aimed at conducting a counteroffensive by Ukraine. Speaking regarding the supply of American F-16 fighter jets, he said that “no decision has been made.”
The Pentagon promised to help Ukraine launch a counteroffensive in the spring. The Bild newspaper, citing leading NATO analysts, reported that the goal of the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian armed forces would be to cut off Russia’s ground communication with Crimea.