Stoltenberg said that, while it was likely the conflict would enter a quieter phase over the winter, both sides would seek to regroup and rearm their forces, and so Nato countries should keep providing support to Ukraine.
"The conditions [for a diplomatic solution] are not there now,” Stoltenberg said at the FT’s Global Boardroom event on December 7, adding that Russia had shown no sign of desiring a peaceful end to the war. "The more we want a peaceful solution, the more urgent it is that we provide military support to Ukraine.”
"Russia is trying to freeze” the conflict, Stoltenberg said, ahead of "launching a bigger offensive in the spring”.
"Now Ukraine has momentum,” Stoltenberg said, adding that Nato capitals are "considering constantly what [weapons] systems we want to deliver” to Kyiv.
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