Gen. Sec. NATO warned of the threat of an escalation of the war in Ukraine
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The Ukrainian side must switch to modern high-quality weapons, the head of the Alliance noted.
The North Atlantic Alliance expects a further escalation of the war in Ukraine in the coming weeks.
This was announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in an interview with the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, Deutsche Welle reports.
At the same time, Stoltenberg spoke in favor of continuing arms supplies to Ukraine.
"In the long term, Ukraine cannot defend itself only with Soviet-era weapons, but must switch to modern Western weapons," he said.
At the same time, Stoltenberg warned the Russian Federation against the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
"Our message is unequivocal: the use of nuclear weapons will lead to the fact that on all sides there will be only loosers ," Stoltenberg said.
He stressed that "a nuclear war cannot be won and should never be waged, including by Russia."
The NATO Secretary General also noted that the organization does not have any data indicating that the Russian nuclear arsenal was brought to the highest level of readiness after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, despite the threats of Russian President Vladimir Putin.