NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg advised Western countries to offer long-term support to Ukraine amid Russia’s unrelenting campaign against the Eastern European country, BBC News reported Monday.
“We need to provide support to Ukraine now, including military support, because that’s the only way to convince Russia that they have to sit down and negotiate in good faith and respect Ukraine as a sovereign independent nation in Europe,” Stoltenberg said.
“…What Ukraine can achieve around that table is totally dependent on the strength on the battlefield,” he added.
Stoltenberg told BBC Radio 4 that the partial mobilization initiative ordered by Russia in September “indicates that they are prepared to continue the war and also try to potentially launch a new offensive.”