He stated that this assistance was not enough to protect Ukraine.
Countries NATO provided only half of the assistance that they promised to transfer to Ukraine for protection from Russian aggressors.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis stated this, reports The Guardian.
He stated that this assistance was not enough for Ukraine to protect itself from Russian invaders.
“As for the help we are all providing to Ukraine, I think it is time to be realistic, we have provided about half of what we promised. And it is not enough. If we want Ukraine to win, we must help more,” the president emphasized. Romania.
In addition, he said that a joint statement following the NATO summit would announce an intention to strengthen air defense along the alliance's eastern flank.
“You will see in the statement… planned measures to strengthen air defense on the eastern flank. This concerns us, since there were… situations when drones fell on our national territory,” the Romanian President emphasized.
He added that Romania is one of the countries that will transfer one of its Patriot systems to Ukraine to strengthen its air defense.
“Our condition is that when we transfer such large systems as Patriot, we receive adequate compensation. This is currently being negotiated with our American partner, with NATO. We want to receive another complex in exchange Patriot, but not immediately, but in the future. But I believe that we will also be able to get systems that will be delivered faster and related to air defense,” said Iohannis.
Recall that it was previously reported that Czech President Petr Pavel said that there is a possibility that the allies would agree that part of the Ukrainian regions will be temporarily occupied by Russia to end the war.
In addition, we previously reported that the President of Slovakia complained that NATO would be left without air defense through Ukraine.
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