NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged US Republican politicians to approve military aid for Ukraine requested by US President Joe Biden.
"Every week we wait means that there will be more people killed on the front line in Ukraine," Stoltenberg said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. "So it's not for me to give advice on how to pass legislation to the US Congress. But what I can say is the vital and urgent need for the US to decide on a package for Ukraine."
Stoltenberg acknowledged that the US has provided extensive support for Ukraine, but warned that the recent halt to further US military aid "has a direct impact on the frontline in Ukraine," Stoltenberg said.
Stoltenberg was speaking on a panel at the conference alongside Republican US Senator Pete Ricketts and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.
Kallas warned that time was working for Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
The US Senate recently passed a Ukrainian aid package after lengthy delays, but it remains unclear whether it can pass the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives. Right-wing Republicans, encouraged by former president Donald Trump, are opposed to further aid.
Ricketts expressed his conviction that his party eventually pass Ukraine aid, but he defended the delays as part of an effort to force Biden to take a tougher stance on immigration.
