Speaking on Feb. 14 upon his arrival in Brussels for a meeting of NATO’s defense ministers, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg tried to claim that NATO wasn’t involved in the war against Russia in Ukraine. “Neither NATO nor NATO allies are party to the conflict. What we do as NATO allies and NATO, is to provide support to Ukraine. Ukraine is defending itself. Ukraine has the right to defend itself. And of course, we have the right to help Ukraine uphold the right for self-defense. So, NATO and NATO allies are not party to the conflict, but we support Ukraine in the right of self-defense.”
However, he couldn’t restrain himself from then bragging: “Actually since 2014, NATO has implemented the biggest reinforcements of collective defense in a generation, because the war didn’t start in February last year. It started in 2014.”
