Amidst the years-long war between Russia and Ukraine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is now making major preparations.
NATO is discussing plans to provide more military aid to Ukraine in the coming years, a top organization official said Wednesday.
He said that in view of the advance in the war by Russian troops equipped with better military equipment, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is considering increasing military aid to Ukraine.
“We firmly believe that support for Ukraine should be dependent on long-term NATO commitments,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters before chairing a meeting of foreign ministers of the organization’s member states here. ‘The reason why we are doing this is because of the battlefield situation in Ukraine. This is serious.”
“Ukraine needs to provide immediate assistance, any delay in providing support will have consequences on the battlefield, the alliance needs to change the dynamics of our support,” Stoltenberg told reporters ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. Is.”
He said NATO must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine over the long term.
Earlier in the day, Ukraine lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 due to a shortage of military forces due to more than two years of war.
It is believed that Ukraine is facing shortage of ammunition as well as the number of soldiers, due to which Russia has been able to dominate Ukraine in the war.
It is noteworthy that Russia started its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine in February 2022. Putin has said on several occasions that Russia is not going to attack NATO countries.
He said that Russia does not threaten anyone, but will also not ignore those acts which may prove to be a threat to its interests.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said last month that Russia has no plans to go to war with NATO and rejected such an idea. He went on to say that the US defense budget in 2022 was 10 times higher than that of Russia.