NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the German publication Bild that Russia’s war in Ukraine could go on for years and the effort requires Western support.
Said Stoltenberg: “We must prepare for the fact that it could take years.”


NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the German publication Bild that Russia’s war in Ukraine could go on for years and the effort requires Western support.
Said Stoltenberg: “We must prepare for the fact that it could take years.”
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