NATO Secretary General with the President of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Kyiv, 29 APR 2024

Secretary General in Kyiv: Ukraine is on an “irreversible path” to NATO, support will continue. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv on Monday (29 April 2024) for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the state of the war and the future of NATO’s support to Ukraine. The Secretary General praised President Zelenskyy’s leadership and the bravery of the Ukrainian forces and people, but acknowledged that “leadership and bravery alone cannot repel the Russian forces; you also need arms and ammunition.” He recognised that serious delays in support have translated to serious consequences on the battlefield. “Ukraine has been outgunned for months... fewer Russian missiles and drones have been shot down, and Russia has been able to push forward on the front line,“ said Mr Stoltenberg. “But it is not too late for Ukraine to prevail. More support is on the way.“ Defence ministers heard President Zelenskyy’s clear appeal at a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council a