Ukraine-Russia war live: Nato chief pulls up allies for slow aid as Russian missile strike on Odesa school kills four
Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg condemned the slow delivery of aid from Ukraine’s allies in the West and said “serious delays” allowed Russians to advance on the war frontline in the 25-month-old invasion.
“Serious delays in support have meant serious consequences on the battlefield” for Ukraine, the Nato secretary-general said at a news conference in Kyiv with president Volodymyr Zelensky.
He added: “The lack of ammunition has allowed the Russians to push forward along the front line. Lack of air defence has made it possible for more Russian missiles to hit their targets, and the lack of deep strike capabilities has made it possible for the Russians to concentrate more forces.”
With a massive delay of six months in clearance of aid in the US, Ukraine’s troops have suffered heavily to fend off Russian advances on the battlefield.
Mr Zelensky said new Western supplies have started arriving, but slowly. “This process must be speeded up,” he said.
On the war front, at least four civilians have been killed and 28 injured after a Russian missile attack hit an educational institution in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa. The injured include two children and a pregnant woman.
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