[[File:Stoltenberg LGBT.PNG|left|250px|thumb|NATO General Secretary as of 2023 Jens Stoltenberg (center).]]
[[File:Stoltenberg LGBT.PNG|left|250px|thumb|NATO General Secretary as of 2023 Jens Stoltenberg (center).]]
{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}
{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}
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Other than [[Russia sanctions|economic sanctions]] and a [[propaganda]] information war, NATO embarked on its aggressive actions against [[Russia]] with no clear military [[strategy]]. At a meeting of the [[anti-Russian]] alliance’s Defense Ministers in February 2023, Stoltenberg said the following:
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Other than [[Russia sanctions|economic sanctions]] and a [[propaganda]] information war, under Stoltenberg's stewardship NATO embarked on its aggressive actions against [[Russia]] with no clear military [[strategy]]. At a meeting of the [[anti-Russian]] alliance’s Defense Ministers in February 2023, Stoltenberg said the following:
{{Quotebox-float|"The war in Ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of munitions, and depleting Allied stockpiles. The current rate of Ukraine’s ammunition expenditure is many times higher than our current rate of production. This puts our defence industries under strain. For example, the waiting time for large-calibre ammunition has increased from 12 to 28 months."<ref>https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_211689.htm?selectedLocale=en</ref>}}
{{Quotebox-float|"The war in Ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of munitions, and depleting Allied stockpiles. The current rate of Ukraine’s ammunition expenditure is many times higher than our current rate of production. This puts our defence industries under strain. For example, the waiting time for large-calibre ammunition has increased from 12 to 28 months."<ref>https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_211689.htm?selectedLocale=en</ref>}}