June 3, 2022
NATO Chief Says West Must Brace for “Long Haul” in Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the military alliance must be prepared to support Ukraine for the “long haul.”
“We just have to be prepared for the long haul,” Stoltenberg said. “Because what we see is that this war has now become a war of attrition.”
Over three months into the war, the military situation is not looking good for Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Russia and the Donbas separatists control about 20% of Ukraine’s territory, including the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow took in 2014.
Zelensky also said this week that between 60 and 100 Ukrainian soldiers are dying each day.
Stoltenberg said that Ukrainians are “paying a high price for defending their own country on the battlefield, but also we see that Russia is taking high casualties.”
Stoltenberg’s comments came after a meeting with President Biden.
