NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Ukraine is making progress in its counteroffensive against Russian invaders and predicted NATO leaders will increase military assistance to Kyiv when they meet next month
Stoltenberg made the comments as he met in the Oval Office with President Joe Biden, who said the U.S. commitment to NATO was rock solid. The Biden administration later announced $325 million in fresh military aid to Ukraine.
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said Stoltenberg "has done a fantastic job, a really wonderful job, during this history-making time...NATO has come together in a way that we haven't seen in a very long time."Stoltenberg's visit came as Ukraine attempts to seize back ground taken by the Russians as part of a long-awaited counter-offensive against the invaders.
"It's still early days, but what we do know is that the more land Ukrainians are able to liberate, the stronger hand they will have at the negotiating table.”"That's exactly what we'll do when we meet - all the NATO leaders - at the summit in Vilnius next month, where we agree to sustain and step up our support for Ukraine," he said.
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