NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg does not intend to speculate on how long Russia's war against Ukraine will last, but assured that NATO cannot allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to win - it would be a disaster not only for Ukraine, but would also make NATO more vulnerable. . .

 “I will not speculate on how long the war will last, but I will say only two things. One is that we are ready to support Ukraine as long as necessary. We cannot allow President Putin to win. It would be a disaster and a tragedy for Ukrainians, but it would also make us NATO allies more vulnerable, because then the lesson would be learned that President Putin can achieve his goals by using military force. And this will be a lesson learned not only by him, but also by other authoritarian leaders around the world," Stoltenberg said at a press conference in Brussels at the NATO headquarters.

 With the second point, he emphasized that "all wars end at the negotiating table."

 "At the same time, we know that what Ukraine can achieve at the negotiating table depends entirely on what it can achieve on the battlefield," the Secretary General is convinced.

 In this regard, he noted that NATO allies, providing military support to Ukraine, try to "maximize the result that will be acceptable to Ukraine and minimize the time in which it can be achieved."

 "The stronger Ukraine is on the battlefield, the sooner a political solution will be reached, which will guarantee that Ukraine will win as a sovereign independent state in Europe," Stoltenberg believes.

 He noted that wars are "unpredictable by nature."

 "But what we have seen in recent weeks and months is that the Ukrainians are making significant progress and were able, first of all, to push out the Russian invading forces from the north, from the territory around Kyiv, and then to stop the Russian offensive in Donbas and push them out , liberating the territories of Kharkiv and now in the south. This is an excellent example of the bravery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which we respect, as well as the Ukrainian people and their leadership, and the support of allies was critical for this success," said the NATO Secretary General.