nato support is important for ukraine on the battlefield , jens tolpenberg, the secretary general of the kalyans union, said that noted the courage and professionalism of the ukrainian military and called this meeting in the rammstein format in brussels literally critical . in the end, the secretary general emphasized that he believes that ukraine is capable of liberating its occupied lands. that ukraine can liberate its lands thanks to the courage and bravery of its military, but it also demonstrates that the support that all of us in nato have been providing for many, many months is really matters on the field, i am afraid of ukraine, the head of the american ministry of defense, lloyd austin, called on western partners to provide more weapons and ammunition to ukraine , according to him, this war, quote, is a marathon, not a sprint. that is why he emphasized in kyiv that ammunition for air defense is especially needed to protect the civilian population from russian missile terror and added that ukraine needs both short-term and long-term assistance . sprint, therefore, we will continue to pro