For his first trip to Ukraine since the start of the conflict against Russia, Jens Stoltenberg notably gathered in front of a memorial in honor of the Ukrainian soldiers killed.
His last trip to Ukraine was in October 2019. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is in Kyiv on Thursday for his first visit since the Russian invasion began more than a year ago, a source said. responsible for the Atlantic Alliance that Ukraine aims to join.
NATO has thus confirmed the information on this surprise visit reported earlier by Kyiv Independent who published photos of Jens Stoltenberg in the center of the Ukrainian capital.
On these images from the Ukrainian media, we can see the Secretary General of NATO meditating on Saint-Michel Square in Kiev, in front of a memorial in honor of the Ukrainian soldiers killed during the Russian invasion.
NATO has shown its support for Ukraine in the face of Russia and its member states are supplying Kiev with military equipment and weapons to fight Moscow’s troops. These supplies are essential to the war effort of Ukraine, which has been preparing a counter-offensive for months.
Moscow against the “threat” of Ukraine in NATO
Russia sees this support as proof that the Alliance and the United States are waging a proxy war in Ukraine and continues to denounce NATO expansion to its borders.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday that one of Moscow’s goals in Ukraine remained to prevent that country from joining NATO.
“Otherwise, it would pose a serious threat to our country and its security,” he said.
Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged NATO to invite his country to join the Alliance and asked for its help in “overcoming the reluctance” of the allies to deliver crucial weapons to Kiev to fight Russia. “It is time” for NATO to invite Ukraine, launched the Ukrainian president to Jens Stoltenberg.
“The future of Ukraine is in the Euro-Atlantic family, the future of Ukraine is in NATO”, assured the Secretary General of the Alliance, adding that the question of the accession of the he Ukraine in NATO will be debated in July during the summit of the organization in Vilnius (Lithuania).
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden, which until then had held to a policy of neutrality, asked to join NATO. This has been done for Helsinki since the beginning of April, while Stockholm is still waiting for lack of a green light from Hungary and Turkey, other member countries.
