<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>NATO members are not providing Ukraine with enough ammunition, the chief of the military alliance said Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jens Stoltenberg presented NATO's annual report for 2023 at a news conference in Brussels, and commented on the situation in Ukraine, where Russia launched a "special military operation" two years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the Ukrainians are not running out of "courage" but "ammunition."</div><div><br></div><div>"NATO allies are not providing Ukraine with enough ammunition and that has consequences on the battlefield every day. The fact that the Russians are able to outgun the Ukrainians every day, of course, is a huge challenge, it is one of the reasons why the Russians have been able to make some advances on the battlefield over the last weeks and months," Stoltenberg explained.</div><div><br></div><div>He urged the allies "to step up and provide more ammunition to Ukraine."</div><div><br></div><div>"Both the US, Canada, and Europe has to do more," Stoltenberg said, stressing that NATO members have the "economies to be able to provide Ukraine with what they need."</div><div><br></div><div>"This is a question of political will to take the decisions and to prioritize support for Ukraine. And therefore we need the decisions to invest more in defense industry," he added, reports Anadolu Agency</div><div><br></div><div>Stoltenberg said it would be a "great historic mistake" to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to prevail.</div><div><br></div><div>"We cannot allow authoritarian leaders to get the way by using force. This would be dangerous for us all," he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>