British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has agreed with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that Ukraine will become a member of NATO, but believes until this happens, military aid for Kiev should be bolstered, Sunak said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
“As Jens Stoltenberg has said, ‘Ukraine will become a member of NATO.’ But until that happens, we need to do more to bolster Ukraine’s long-term security,” Sunak said, clarifying that he speaks about “artillery, long-range weapons, armored vehicles, air defense” as well as the training of pilots on the NATO-standard equipment.
“Together we’re delivering as much equipment in the next few months as in the whole of 2022,” Sunak said. “We gave ·2.3 billion ($2.8 billion – TASS) last year – and we will match or exceed that in 2023.
Sunak called for “a new framework for [Ukraine’s] long-term security,” for Russia to “be held to account” and added that they should consider “how to ensure that Russia pays towards that reconstruction.”
Sunak underlines that “the UK will be the first country to provide Ukraine with longer-range weapons” and admitted that Ukraine can use them to oust Russian forces out of the territories lost by Ukraine, including Crimea.
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