NATO chief tells EU to 'stop complaining' and support Ukraine amid war with Russia

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on July 20 asserted that  legislative body of  European Union needs to "stop complaining" and inste provide support needed by Ukraine to defend its sovereignty against Russian aggression.

During a speech me at  European Parliament, Stoltenberg said: " price we pay as European Union, as NATO, is price we can measure in currency, in money. price [Ukrainians] pay is measured in lives lost every day."

He n asserted that EU member nations needed to “stop complaining and step up and provide support, full stop." 

'If not Ukraine, care about your own security interests': NATO chief to EU

At  joint meeting of European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and Subcommittee on Security and Defence, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg stressed that re must be strong support in NATO to bolster cooperation between European Union, NATO with Ukraine.

NATO chief urged bloc to provide significant military and economic support to war-ravaged nation, underscoring that Alliance h signed a declaration on NATO-EU cooperation at least twice with former President of European Council Donald Tusk and ex-President of European CommissionJean-Claude Juncker. 

Stoltenberg stressed that NATO Allies provide "unprecedented levels" of military support to Ukraine, ding that alliance has been re since 2014 – training, equipping and supporting  Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russian threat.

"We also agreed on a Comprehensive Assistance Package also on how to help Ukraine to move from Soviet-era equipment to more modern NATO standard equipment, " he informed, ding that NATO has been at forefront to building defence and security institutions in Kyiv. But he warned that 'Russian threat' could lurk inside Europe if bloc does not step up cooperation and support. 

“It is in our interest to help Ukraine because you have to understand that if Ukraine loses this, that’s a danger for us," said Stoltenberg. 

“If you don’t care about moral aspect of this, supporting people of Ukraine, you should care about your own security interests," said NATO chief.

"Pay for support, pay for humanitarian aid, pay consequences of economic sanctions, because alternative is to pay a much higher price later on” he ded.

NATO chief reminded that Alliance felicitated  biggest overall fundamental shift in its deterrence and defence since Cold War across all domains – air, sea, land, cyberspace – as re's now a "more dangerous world," referring to Russia. "NATO needs to do more for our core task: protection of all Allies," Stoltenberg asserted.