NATO chief says Putin's army "failing on the battlefield"

NATO chief says Putin’s army “failing on the battlefield”

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26th Oct, 2022. 07:01 pm
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NATO chief says Putin's army "failing on the battlefield"

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Russian forces are failing on the battlefield.
Ukraine’s forces are getting stronger and better equipped, he said.
NATO will continue to back Ukraine’s right to self-defense for however long it takes without caving to pressure.

Russian forces in Ukraine are struggling while Ukrainian forces are gaining stronger, According to Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of NATO.

“President Putin is failing on the battlefield. He is responding with more indiscriminate attacks on Ukrainian cities against civilians and against critical infrastructure and with dangerous nuclear rhetoric,” Stoltenberg said at a press conference with Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels.

“Every week, Ukraine’s forces are getting stronger and better equipped,” Stoltenberg later said.

“Most wars end at the negotiating table. And at the same time, we know that what Ukraine can achieve at the negotiating table is totally dependent on the strength on the battlefield. So we need to strengthen their hand at the negotiating table by providing military support, ” he said. “The stronger Ukraine is on the battlefield, the more likely it is that we have a political solution that ensures Ukraine prevails as a sovereign independent nation in Europe.”

Stoltenberg dismissed the Kremlin’s assertion that Ukraine intends to use a so-called “dirty bomb” on its own soil once more, claiming that it may be used as a justification for further escalation.

This is ludicrous, he declared. “Allies deny this plainly false charge, and Russia must refrain from using fictitious justifications to deepen the conflict. NATO will continue to back Ukraine’s right to self-defense for however long it takes without caving to pressure or being dissuaded.