Europe must shift to wartime weapons production to deter Russian aggression and help Ukraine, the secretary general of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, said
by TheTelegraph
Europe must shift to wartime weapons production to deter Russian aggression and help Ukraine, the secretary general of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, said
by TheTelegraph
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**From The Telegraph’s Europe Editor, James Crisp:**
Europe must shift to wartime weapons production to deter Russian aggression and help Ukraine, the secretary general of Nato has said.
Jens Stoltenberg warned that “we need to reconstitute and expand our industrial base faster, to increase deliveries to Ukraine and refill our own stocks”.
“This means shifting from slow peacetime to high-tempo conflict production,” he told the German Sunday daily Welt am Sonntag.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine proved that “peace in Europe cannot be taken for granted”, he said ahead of this month’s second anniversary of Putin’s illegal invasion.
“If Putin wins in Ukraine, there is no guarantee that Russian aggression will not spread further,” he said.
“Supporting Ukraine now and investing in Nato’s own capabilities is our best defence.
“Nato does not seek war with Russia, but we need to brace ourselves for potentially decades of confrontation.”
Mr Stoltenberg’s comments came amidst growing pleas for shells, ammunition and other military aide from Ukraine as it battles Russian forces into a third year.
Moscow has shifted to a wartime economy and invested huge sums in its military. Russia is spending 40 per cent of its GDP on the war, which the West is struggling to match.
On Friday, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden urged American lawmakers to approve a long-delayed military aid package for Ukraine.
“The failure of the United States’ Congress in not supporting Ukraine is close to criminal neglect,” Mr Biden said as he hosted Mr Scholz in the Oval Office.
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eu and nato should simply do joint procurments get the prices down with volume large contracts would give job security to arms factories meaning they could long term invest into skilled personel
I have studied military history and tactics most of my adult life. I served in the Army 8 years. Both sides are about even at this point. Russia can out produce and draft more Men than Ukraine. Russia has so much more reserves they can’t be ground down so what needs to happen for Ukraine to win? A War of attrition is not going to succeed. IMHO I think Ukraine needs to inflict a massive defeat on the Russian Army. It’s a huge gamble to break the stalemate. Mass 200 tanks, including Abrams, Leopards and Challengers, 400 APC and at least 100,000 Men and aim it at a small point in the line. Quickly breakthrough and fan out behind them forcing masses to surrender or die. Yes, Ukraine will suffer bi casualties but a huge defeat may break the Russian people and the spirit of their Army to resist. Just my thoughts.
Less fucking words and more action!!, start doing something and help Ukraine, Putin and Russia must be stopped or the world won’t have peace.
2 years into the war and EU/West still “considering”, sigh.
I fear this will lead to WW3, as Russia, NK, Iran and China will DEFINITELY see this as a HUGE weakness among EU/West and believe its the right time to invade their neighbors.
The West should also figure out how to get manufacturers up and running in Ukraine. It kind of goes with the saying “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”
NATO should stop talking and start doing stuff. Europe has all the capabilities. They should have started doing it yesterday.
Gosh, it’s like someone told NATO countries to get their shit together a few years ago but they didn’t listen………
One can only wonder if had NATO put on its big-boy pants and done this in 2014