NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. File photoMOSCOW, June 19 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg suggested that the supply of modern weapons will help Ukrainian troops capture Donbass, and did not rule out that the conflict would drag on for «years.» As Stoltenberg said in an interview German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, «with even more modern weapons, the likelihood» that Ukraine will be able to «knock out» Russian troops from the Donbass increases. >The media learned about the plans of the Pentagon to send additional weapons to Kyiv «NATO will continue to support Ukraine in its self-defense, but (the alliance) is not part of the conflict,» the Secretary General added, once again assuring that the alliance would not send its military personnel to Ukraine. «No one does not know» how long the conflict in Ukraine will last, however, it is necessary to be prepared for the fact that it can «last for years,» Stoltenberg also said. On February 24, Russia launched a special operation to denazify and demilitarization of Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army strikes only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. The main goal of the operation in the department was called the liberation of Donbass. Against the background of the Russian special operation, the United States and NATO allies continue to pump weapons to Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and transport with them becomes a legitimate target. phase, the senator believes
