NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that on the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, the expected Russian attack had begun.
“We see no sign whatsoever that [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin is preparing for peace … What we see is president Putin and Russia still wanting to control Ukraine,” Jens Stoltenberg told reporters at a news conference in Brussels.
“We see how they are sending more troops, more weapons, more capabilities,” he added. “The reality is that we are seeing the start [of a new offensive] already.”
Stoltenberg said that the issue will come up at the two-day meeting of NATO defense ministers, which will begin on Tuesday.