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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made a astonishment sojourn to Kyiv connected Monday arsenic he discussed assistance for Ukraine's warfare efforts. Photo courtesy NATO
April 29 (UPI) -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky successful a astonishment sojourn to Kyiv connected Monday that thief was connected nan measurement aft a wintertime that saw Russia make incremental advances successful its penetration of its neighbor.
Stoltenberg, acknowledging delays by nan United States and different friends successful getting further assistance to Ukraine, said nan state fought valiantly successful limiting successes by Moscow and will now person a chance to move their fortunes around.
"Ukraine has been outgunned for months ... less Russian missiles and drones person been changeable down and Russia has been capable to push guardant connected nan beforehand line," Stoltenberg said successful his comments. "But it is not excessively precocious for Ukraine to prevail. More support is connected its way."
The sojourn marked Stoltenberg's 3rd sojourn to Ukraine since Russia's penetration of nan state successful February 2022. Zelensky said NATO's liking successful Ukraine is earthy seeing nan threat of Russia pushing its sphere of power forward.
Zelensky said nan arrival of caller batteries of Patriot missiles proved captious successful making existent Russian bombardments little effective.
"We'll beryllium waiting for nan deliveries to come," Zelensky said. "We were assured that location won't beryllium immoderate intermissions arsenic regards further Patriot batteries. It's difficult to opportunity that we person heard thing specific, but immoderate first steps person already been made."
The deficiency of Patriot missiles and different artillery person proven captious for Ukraine. Russia was capable to capture nan cardinal metropolis of Avdiivda successful February owed to nan deficiency of Ukraine firepower. More recently, Ukrainian troops were forced to retreat from nan Donetsk Oblast villages of Berdych, Semenivka and Novomykhailivka this month.
