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Live updates: Russia invades Ukraine, NATO chief warns war could last years
Ukrainian International Minister Dmytro Kuleba spoke at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, the place NATO and G7 overseas ministers are assembly this week to debate sanctions in opposition to Russia and methods to assist Ukraine.
“My agenda may be very easy. It has solely three objects on it. It is weapons, weapons and weapons,” Kuleba instructed reporters.
Offering Ukraine with weapons was the easiest way to “include Putin and to defeat Russian military in Ukraine, within the territory of Ukraine in order that the warfare doesn’t spill over additional,” Kuleba mentioned.
“The Ukrainian military and your entire Ukrainian nation has demonstrated that we all know the best way to combat. We all know the best way to win.
“The extra weapons we get, and the earlier they arrive in Ukraine, the extra human lives will probably be saved, the extra cities and villages is not going to be destructed, and there will probably be no extra Buchas.”
He referred to as on NATO and G7 International Ministers to “put apart their hesitations, their reluctance to supply Ukraine with every part it wants,” concluding that “as bizarre as it could sound, immediately weapons serve the aim of peace.”
Talking beside Kuleba, NATO Secretary Common Jens Stoltenberg mentioned NATO international locations “are offering tools assist to you to uphold your proper for self protection, which is enshrined within the UN Constitution and it’s an pressing must additional assist Ukraine.”
Stoltenberg mentioned he was sure that NATO will “tackle the necessity for extra air protection methods, anti-tank weapons, lighter but in addition heavier weapons, and lots of several types of assist to Ukraine.”
Ukraine-US assembly: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Kuleba on Thursday, in accordance with the US State Division’s public schedule.
The 2 final met in Warsaw in late March.
Blinken on Wednesday met together with his NATO counterparts, plus overseas ministers from international locations together with Australia and Japan.
CNN’s Jennifer Hansler contributed to this submit.