Stoltenberg says NATO could have done more to prevent Ukraine war, FAS reports


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  • Saturday, 14 Sep 2024

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a press conference, during NATO's 75th anniversary summit, in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO could have done more to arm Ukraine to try to prevent Russia's invasion in 2022, the outgoing head of the Western military alliance said in an interview released on Saturday.

"Now we provide military stuff to a war - then we could have provided military stuff to prevent the war," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told German weekly newspaper FAS.

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