A former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO has told Times Radio the West shouldnt “celebrate” allocating money to Ukraine, and warned the focus should be on kit delivery.
Speaking to John Pienaar on Drive, retired four-star General Philip Breedlove said: “What I am sure is that we in the West tend to celebrate when we make the policy decision and allocate money, and we celebrate what were giving Ukraine. And sometimes that delivery of what we are celebrating is months and months and months later. And so I think that it is important to note that while these brave Ukrainian leaders are talking about it, we need to pay more attention to when the kit that we are promising gets in the hands of Ukrainians so that they can kill Russians. That is when we should celebrate, not make policy decisions and foster the budget. We need to be more focused on getting the right equipment to the right place at the right time.”
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