Ukraine Can Win War vs Russia: NATO Chief

NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Ukraine "can win" its war with Russia, and that Moscow's offensive is failing, Euronews reported.

Photo Insert: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

"Russia's war in Ukraine is not going as Moscow had planned. They failed to take Kyiv," Jens Stoltenberg told reporters by video link, following an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Berlin.

"They are pulling back from Kharkiv and their major offensive in Donbas has stalled,” Reuters also reported.

He was speaking alongside Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who said that NATO allies were ready to continue providing military aid to Ukraine for as long as necessary.

"We agree that we will not relax our national efforts, in particular in the field of military assistance, and that we will not do so as long as Ukraine needs this assistance for the self-defense of its country," the German minister said.

Stoltenberg added that the anticipated NATO membership bids from Finland and Sweden would be a "historic moment" and were proof that "aggression does not pay."

The NATO chief said their applications would strengthen common security and show that the alliance's door was open, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

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