NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed Russia’s President Vladimir Putin directly on the day of victory over Nazi Germany.
“I call on President Putin once again on May 9 to end the war immediately, withdraw his troops from Ukraine and start peace negotiations”, - he told the newspaper “Welt”.
US President Joe Biden stressed in a statement after the G7 switching conference the “iron unity and determination to further strengthen Ukraine and to increase the pressure on Putin”.