According to the Ukrainian president, the most important thing is that his allies send more weapons and air defense equipment to Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked his allies for more arms support at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, while the NATO Secretary General, speaking the same day, said there were "problems" with the military organization's stockpiles and that weapons production needed to be ramped up. The Ukrainian president thanked his allies for their help so far and asked for more support, urging them to end the "artificial" arms shortage that "gives Russian forces an upper hand on the battlefield." The Ukrainian president spoke about this after the Ukrainian army announced early Saturday that

withdraws from Avgyijivka in Donets county, which was besieged by the Russians for four months, in which the lack of ammunition also played a role.

At the Munich conference, Zelensky said that "unfortunately, Ukraine is considered to have an artificial lack of weapons, which is especially evident in the field of artillery and long-range capabilities." According to Zelensky, the immediate reason for leaving Avgiyivka was to avoid being encircled by the Ukrainian army.

This was a correct, completely reasonable decision, he added, and stated that the most important thing now is for his allies to send additional weapons and air defense equipment to Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gave a previously evasive answer at the conference to the question of whether Germany will supply long-range Taurus missiles to Kiev. In response, the Ukrainian president said that the range of the Ukrainian artillery is 20 kilometers, while that of the Russians is 40, "this is our answer."

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke at the conference about, among other things, that there are "obvious problems" with NATO's weapons stockpiles.

He pointed out: NATO is the strongest military organization in the world, it represents about half of the world's military power, it is stronger than Russia. At the same time, the war in Ukraine highlighted the need for spare parts, maintenance and ammunition to sustain combat operations.

"Since the start of the war in Ukraine, we have replenished our reserves quite a bit, they are now low, so we are urgently increasing production"

- He told.

Jens Stoltenberg pointed out that NATO does not see any direct military threat to its member states. The secretary general of the organization justified this with NATO's military power. He emphasized: "The world is becoming more dangerous, but NATO is also becoming stronger."

(MTI)

Featured image: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (b) and US Vice President Kamala Harris (l) during their bilateral meeting at the 60th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich on February 17, 2024. MTI/AP/AFP pool/Tobias Schwarz