The meeting of NATO defense ministers will be held to continue supporting Ukraine

report Mehr News Agency, citing Tass, the press office of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced by publishing a statement that the NATO defense ministers will discuss how to continue supporting Ukraine on May 16 Brussels will hold a meeting.

The statement said that “defense chiefs will meet in the framework of the NATO-Ukraine Council to discuss Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the situation on the ground, and continued NATO support.” And the allies should discuss Ukraine.”

Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), promised the Ukrainian authorities yesterday, despite the fact that the members of this alliance have not fulfilled their promises of military assistance in recent months. From now on, the flow of weapons and ammunition will increase.

The Secretary General of NATO arrived in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, today in an unannounced trip and had a conversation with the president of this country, Volodymyr Zelensky. He is going to meet and talk with Ukrainian parliament members in the next few hours.

Stoltenberg’s trip today is his third trip to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine; His trip today comes at a time when the Ukrainian army is in a difficult situation.

After the failure of last year’s counterattack by the Ukrainian army, the Russian forces took the initiative, partly due to the decrease in sending western weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. The Secretary General of NATO admitted in early May that the member countries of this alliance did not keep their promises to Ukraine.

“Jens Stoltenberg said about this: the insufficient support of the West for Ukraine is the reason for Russia’s progress on the battlefield, but more military aid to Kiev is on its way. Referring to the deterioration of Kiev’s situation in the conflict with Moscow, the NATO Secretary General said that Ukraine is the testing ground for NATO members.

Stoltenberg said: We must be honest. The reality is that in recent months, NATO allies have not provided the support we promised.

NATO Secretary General recalled that the US could not agree on a package and in Europe, the supply of ammunition is far below the level we have said we will provide.

Earlier, US President Joe Biden signed a $61 billion aid package to Ukraine after a long deadlock between Democrats and Republicans in Congress. . This package was blocked for a long time due to differences in the US Congress.