THE NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg stated today that the Russian presidents Vladimir Putin, “must realize” that he cannot win the war in Ukraine.

“Nearly a year since his brutal invasion, President Putin shows no sign of preparing for peace. Instead, it is launching new attacks and targeting civilians, cities and critical infrastructure,” Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Brussels.

“Putin must realize that he cannot win, and for that, we must continue to provide Ukraine quickly with the weapons and ammunition they need to recapture territory and prevail as a dominant nation in Europe,” Stoltenberg added.

At the same time, he said that “as we face the biggest security crisis in a generation”, NATO is taking further steps to strengthen the alliance’s defenses.

“We are strengthening our presence and readiness from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea, including Poland,” he said.

“Fighter jets from the US and the Netherlands help protect your skies, Patriot batteries from Germany bolster your air defenses and thousands of troops from all NATO allies are in Poland to help deter aggression,” Stoltenberg said. . “Together, we are sending a clear message, so there can be no room for miscalculation in Moscow. NATO will defend every centimeter of Poland and the entire allied territory” said the NATO Secretary General.

At the same time, he attacked Belarus saying that it “continues to host and support Russian forces and deepens its political and military integration with Russia. We call on Belarus to end its complicity in the war,” he stressed.