Stoltenberg says NATO allies have been training Ukraine since 2014

Pryamyy reported the information citing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s speech at the Munich Security Conference.

"The main reason why Ukraine has been able to repel and to push back the Russian forces is of course the bravery, the courage of Ukrainian armed forces, the political leadership, the people of Ukraine, but one important element has also been the fact that NATO Allies actually trained and helped Ukraine since 2014. The United Kingdom, United States, Canada and others, provided significant training and capacity building and also equipment from 2014 meaning that Ukrainian army were much stronger, better equipped, better trained, better led last year than they were in 2014," the NATO Secretary General said.

He added, "And that's part of the explanation why they were able to withstand the Russian invasion now in a way that they were not able to do in 2014."

• On February 18, during the Munich Security Conference, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that Britain will be the first country to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons.

• On February 18, at the Munich Security Conference, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for an increase in the production of products needed by Ukraine in the war with Russia.