“It is not too late for Ukraine to win.” Words spoken by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to the West to speed up the supply of weapons to Kiev.

This came during a meeting between Stoltenberg, who is on a visit to Kiev, with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

The two sides stressed that "Kiev needs more help to win the war," with Russia exploiting the slow flow of Western aid to make progress on the front.

Stoltenberg acknowledged that “a significant delay in support has serious consequences on the battlefield,” referring to US and European military aid.

He stressed that “it is not too late for Ukraine to win,” noting that “more aid is on the way” and new support packages are expected to be announced “soon.”

Therefore, Stoltenberg called on the allies to announce “a major financial commitment for several years... to prove that our support for Ukraine is not short-term,” stressing that “Moscow must understand that it cannot win.”

For his part, Zelensky urged the West to accelerate arms deliveries to “thwart” the new major attack that Moscow is preparing for, according to Kiev.

Zelensky, alongside the NATO Secretary-General, said, “Together, we must thwart the Russian attack,” noting that Moscow is “trying to benefit” from delayed Western aid.

The Ukrainian president said, “155 mm artillery, long-range weapons and air defense, especially Patriot systems, this is what our partners have and what must be put into operation now here in Ukraine to destroy Russia’s ambitions.”

He continued: “Together...we must thwart the Russian attack,” adding that “the speed of supplies literally means the stability of the front line.”

Since the failure of its counterattack in the summer of 2023, Ukraine has remained in a defensive position, and Russia has taken the initiative and is controlling more areas in the east, despite the heavy losses it has incurred since the beginning of the year in the face of the Ukrainian army, which especially lacks ammunition.< /p>

In recent days, Moscow announced its control over several villages.

The Russian army announced, on Monday, that it had taken control of Semenivka, and the previous day it announced control of Novopakhmutivka.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army, Oleksandr Sirsky, admitted on Sunday that the situation on the front had “deteriorated,” and that the vastly superior Russian forces had achieved “tactical successes” in several areas.

He said that the Russian army “focused its efforts in several sectors, thus creating a significant superiority in terms of forces and capabilities,” in order to “try to take the strategic initiative and penetrate the front line.”

Ukrainian Military Intelligence Chief Kirilo Budanov predicted last week that the situation would worsen in mid-May and early June, and that this would be a "difficult period" for Ukraine.