NATO warning: Prepare, war in Ukraine may last for years

Both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Secretary General NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, said the world should be prepared to offer its long-term support, SkyNews writes.

In an interview, the boss NATO said: “We must prepare for the fact that it may take years.

We must not give up the support of Ukraine. Even if costs are high, not only for military support but also because of increased energy and food prices. ”

And Johnson, who visited Kyiv on Friday, made similar comments, writing: “I'm afraid that we should fight ourselves for a long war, as Putin is directed at a strip campaign, trying to grind down Ukraine from absolute brutality.

The United Kingdom and our friends must respond by ensuring that Ukraine has strategic stability to survive and ultimately prevail. ”

Describing the time as “vital factor”, Johnson added: “Everything will depend on whether Ukraine can strengthen its ability to protect its land faster than Russia can renew its capacity to attack. Our job is to take time on Ukraine's side. ”

This, he wrote, meant ensuring that <x0-Ukraine would receive weapons, equipment, ammunition and exercises faster than the conqueror”.

Johnson had stressed the need to avoid the “rest of Ukraine”. He warned: “The concern we have is that little Ukraine's fatigue has begun to emerge worldwide.

The UK has also said it could send more troops to Estonia and lead a brigade there further evidence of long-term planning in the region.

The creation of brigades with about 3,000 to 5,000 troops each would significantly strengthen NATO's presence in the Baltic three former Soviet republics seen as more vulnerable to the Russian attack following the invasion of Ukraine by Moscow.

Meanwhile, in his night speech to his nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky remained challenging. He said he had visited soldiers at the southern front line in the Mykolaiv region, about 340 miles (550 km) south of the capital Kyiv.