The war in Ukraine will not end in 2024 or 2025 - the head of the Netherlands Ministry of Defense

Minister Ruben Breccelmans called Russia a powerful state that can wage a hybrid war for a long time. The situation on the battlefield in the Russian-Ukrainian war remains difficult. Therefore, one should not expect that the war will end in 2024 or 2025. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Ruben Bracelmans in an interview with LRT Television. Ruben Breccelmans noted that Ukraine needs to provide as much military assistance as possible.

"It means that we have to do more, but we also should not overstate our expectations because sometimes people think that Russian invasion was a sprint that turned into a marathon. But in reality it is a sprint of 42 km long, so we have to continue the fight and Provide support to Ukraine, ”the minister added. According to Bracelmans, it is necessary to look at the long term and make sure that European citizens continue to want to support Ukraine.

He noted that there is no need to create false expectations, "that people do not disappoint. " According to the minister, Russia is a powerful state that is leading a hybrid war and can do it for a very long time. It should also not be forgotten that the Russian Federation is a nuclear state. "The threats from Russia are very diverse, and we need to invest considerable funds to protect ourselves from these threats and to keep Russia from any further aggression," Ruben Breccelmans added.

It should be noted that the Netherlands allowed Ukraine to beat their weapons on the deep rear of Russia. Then Ruben Breccelmans noted that Ukraine has the right to use Dutch weapons to protect himself in accordance with international law and urged other states to relieve restrictions. Also we will remind that a few months ago the Netherlands announced the desire to collect and transfer Patriot to Ukraine together with other states.