The more weapons we give Ukraine, the sooner peace will come – NATO Secretary General

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes that the West will hasten the end of the war in Ukraine if it steps up military aid to Kyiv.

Source: Stoltenberg at a German Marshall Fund event on 19 September, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Stoltenberg noted that "the quickest way to end the war is to lose it", but this would lead not to peace but to Russian occupation.

"Today, President [sic] Putin believes he can achieve his goals on the battlefield. And he believes that he can wait us out. That is why he continues to wage his brutal war. I do not believe that we can change Putin’s mind. But I do believe that we can change his calculus," he added.

The NATO secretary general believes that in order to achieve this, the West must provide Ukraine with as much weaponry as possible so that the Kremlin leader abandons the idea that he can seize Ukrainian territory by force.

"The paradox is that the more weapons for Ukraine we are able to deliver, the more likely it is that we can reach a peace and end to the war. And the more credible our long-term military support, the sooner the war will end," Stoltenberg concluded.

Background: 

• Earlier, Stoltenberg also expressed scepticism about Putin's warning about red lines amid discussions on whether to allow Ukraine to launch long-range strikes against Russia using Western-supplied weaponry.
• He also revealed that the Russians lied at a meeting with NATO representatives shortly before the Kremlin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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