Lithuania foreign minister: NATO members will have to supply guarantees to have peace in Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: Homeland Union Party leader Gabrielius Landsbergis attends a press conference after general election in Vilnius, Lithuania October 28, 2024. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO members will have to supply guarantees in order to have peace in Ukraine, said Lithuania foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Wednesday.

"If we want to have peace in Ukraine, we will have to supply security guarantees. There is no cheaper way for security guarantees than NATO's article 5," he said.

"The war will only be settled in the battlefield. It is an illusion to say we are unable to supply Ukraine with what it needs," he added.

(Reporting by Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)