NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a pre-ministerial press conference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 15 March 2022. Meetings of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Defence Ministers will be held at the NATO Headquarters on 16 march 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ) In a statement after the video conference, NATO added that member states had outlined plans to provide "billions of euros of further capabilities" in 2024 to Ukraine.
"NATO strongly condemns Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian civilians, including with weapons from North Korea and Iran," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
"As Moscow intensifies its strikes on Ukrainian cities and civilians, NATO allies are boosting Ukraine’s air defences."
Ukraine was represented at the online gathering by Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of Kyiv's air force, and Deputy Interior Minister Oleksii Serhieiev.
Russia has intensified attacks over the New Year period and pounded Ukraine's two biggest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv, earlier this month in a new wave of heavy air strikes.
The NATO meeting on Wednesday was held at Ukraine’s request.
(Reporting by Andrew Gray, Bart Meijer, writing by Charlotte Van Campenhout)
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