Stoltenberg: NATO should increase weapons production in 2023

For example, we need a large quantity of ammunition and we need spare parts”, the head of the military alliance for the BBC said.

“We need to increase production and that's exactly what Allies are doing”, he said.

Maintaining the weapons systems already delivered to Ukraine is at least as important as the debate on supplying more weapons, Stoltenberg said.

According to him, NATO should also be prepared to support Ukraine in long term, writes the REL.

What we've seen is that Russia shows no signs of giving up its overall goal of taking control of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces had the moment for several months, but we also know that Russia has mobilised much more forces, many of them are now being trained”, he added.

Stoltenberg said that Russia's behaviour is showing that it is willing to continue the war that started on February 24th 2022.

“It is likely that this war will also end at the negotiating table, but crucial for the outcome of such talks is Ukraine's strength in the field of battle, he said, until he stressed that it belongs to the leadership in Kiev to decide under what conditions it would sit at the negotiating table.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said on Monday that Russia started many fears overnight to attack parts of Ukraine, and dozens collapsed.

These attacks are coming after a series of weekend attacks that killed three civilians on New Year's night.