NATO chief warns West must prepare for ‘long haul’ in conflict with Russia
Stoltenberg says alliance faces ‘war of attrition’ in Ukraine; reiterates NATO uninterested in confrontation with Russia but has ‘responsibility’ to back Ukraine
By AFP
2 June 2022
WASHINGTON — Western nations need to brace for a long “war of attrition” in Ukraine, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday following White House talks with US President Joe Biden. “We just have to be prepared for the long haul,” the secretary-general told reporters. “Because what we see is that this war has now become a war of attrition.” Stoltenberg said Ukrainians are “paying a high price for defending their own country on the battlefield, but also we see that Russia is taking high casualties.”
While reiterating that NATO does not want to enter a direct confrontation with Russia, Stoltenberg said the Western military alliance has a “responsibility” to support Ukraine. “Most wars — also, most likely this war — will at some stage end at the negotiating table, but what we know is that what happens around the negotiating table is very closely linked to the situation on the ground, on the battlefield,” he said.
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Stoltenberg says alliance faces ‘war of attrition’ in Ukraine; reiterates NATO uninterested in confrontation with Russia but has ‘responsibility’ to back Ukraine
By AFP
2 June 2022
WASHINGTON — Western nations need to brace for a long “war of attrition” in Ukraine, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday following White House talks with US President Joe Biden. “We just have to be prepared for the long haul,” the secretary-general told reporters. “Because what we see is that this war has now become a war of attrition.” Stoltenberg said Ukrainians are “paying a high price for defending their own country on the battlefield, but also we see that Russia is taking high casualties.”
While reiterating that NATO does not want to enter a direct confrontation with Russia, Stoltenberg said the Western military alliance has a “responsibility” to support Ukraine. “Most wars — also, most likely this war — will at some stage end at the negotiating table, but what we know is that what happens around the negotiating table is very closely linked to the situation on the ground, on the battlefield,” he said.
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