Asks for military help: – We need strong air defense systems
– What we need is not just more rocket launch systems or spears. We need strong air defense systems, because Russia’s biggest advantage is aviation and missiles, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk told the news agency AP on Wednesday.
Denmark has made it clear that if Russia invades Ukraine, they can assist militarily.
– If there is an invasion in Ukraine, it will be met with a robust response both economically and politically, says Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at a press conference on Wednesday.
– To Ukraine, we have made it clear that we from the Danish government want to help Ukraine both civilly and potentially militarily, says Frederiksen.
Norway, for its part, will not contribute military aid to Ukraine.
– We have an arms export legislation which means that we do not export weapons to countries where there is war and where war threatens. This is the cross-party agreement in the Storting, says Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt to TV 2.
– Can we help the military in other ways to sell weapons?
– What is important for us is to show strength and unity in NATO. That is what we are doing in different ways by speaking with one voice together with the other NATO countries, says Huitfeldt.
She says that Norway can contribute other things than military assistance.
– We can give a lot of other help. The most important thing we can do is to strengthen the Ukrainian democracy and we will do that through various projects, she says.
Last week, TV 2 in Norway said it had not offered any further support to governments in Kiev after the situation escalated. Despite the fact that several other European countries have provided emergency crisis assistance to the government in Kiev.
On Wednesday, Ukraine’s foreign minister said European countries’ response to the crisis was crucial to the region’s security.
– The way in which European society reacts will be crucial for Europe’s security and the future of every single European country, says Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
Opinion poll: A majority will help Ukraine
A majority of Europe’s people want NATO to help Ukraine if Russia invades the country. It emerges in a major poll from a number of European countries, conducted by the European Council on Foreign Relations, writes Danish TV 2.
According to the media house, almost three out of three Europeans surveyed say that NATO should defend Ukraine if there is a Russian invasion.
Hectic meeting business
The situation at Ukraine’s borders has continued to be used after several weeks of diplomatic talks.
Earlier this week, French President Emmanuel Macron was in Moscow for a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Macron has also held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev.
On the same day that Macron was in dialogue with Putin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with US President Joe Biden. Less than a day after he met Biden in Washington, he met Scholz Macron and Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw.