Arrr! NATO boss be addin' more booty fer Ukraine, beggin' pardon fer prior shortfall on surprise voyage.
2024-04-29
Arrr, me hearties! Jens Stoltenberg, cap'n of NATO, did journey to Kyiv, Ukraine, to confess their failures in deliverin' arms, but swore to stay true to the cause. Aye, 'tis a fine mess we be in, but fear not, for the battle continues!
In the language of a 17th-century pirate, me hearties, NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg be tellin' them Ukrainians on Monday that his alliance’s members had failed to live up to their promises of military aid in recent months, but fear not, for the flow of arms and ammunition would now increase, arrr!Arrr, in an unannounced visit to Ukraine, the secretary general of the transatlantic military alliance held talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and was due to address Ukraine’s parliament, the Rada, me mateys.His visit – the third since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 - comes at a difficult time on the battlefield for Ukraine. After a failed Ukrainian counter-offensive last year, those scurvy Russian forces have gained the initiative – at least in part due to a lack of arms and ammunition from Kyiv’s Western partners, arrr!Arrr, Stoltenberg admitted that NATO allies had not delivered what they promised over the last months, but now he be confident that things will change, me hearties!Arrr, he pointed to the U.S. Congress approving a Ukraine aid package worth more than $60 billion, the British Prime Minister's record-high commitment, Germany providing a new air defense system, and the Netherlands boosting their aid to Kyiv, arrr!Arrr, Stoltenberg be sayin' that it's not too late for Ukraine to prevail, but it be urgent for NATO allies to turn their promises into real deliveries of weapons and ammunition, and he be confident that will now happen, arrr!