00:00I want to mention that Ukrainians are grateful very much to both organizations, both to EU and NATO, for practical
00:08solidarity.
00:09My question is that both organizations now have the common problem of depletion of military stocks,
00:15because nobody expected the war in Ukraine of such a scale.
00:20My question is, what is the practical cooperation between NATO and EU in filling that gap?
00:27And the second part of the question, as the Russians now mobilize reservists and are preparing some kind of a
00:35future advance,
00:36will EU and NATO be able to be in time and prepared to assist Ukraine in this battle which could
00:46be decisive?
00:47Thank you.
00:48Maybe I could start by saying that you are right, that NATO allies and EU members have depleted their stocks
00:56to provide support to Ukraine, and that has been the right thing to do, because this is also about our
01:02security.
01:03And, of course, we need to use our capabilities, our stocks, our ammunition to support Ukraine.
01:11And I've also been asked, and I've told NATO allies, that if they had to choose between meeting all the
01:19NATO guidelines
01:20on stocks, on stocks, on capabilities, or to support Ukraine, it's more important to support Ukraine.
01:28And therefore, we have been able to provide an unprecedented level of support to Ukraine over many months.
01:37But, of course, when we are depleting our stocks, there is only one long-term solution to that,
01:44and that is to produce more, and that's also the reason why NATO defense ministers took decisions
01:52to increase our stockpiles of munitions and equipment when they met last fall.
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