Among the Western leaders welcoming yesterday's approval of Ukraine aid was NATO Secretary

General Jens Stoltenberg.

He tweeted, this makes us all safer in Europe and North America.

Earlier I spoke with Stoltenberg from NATO

headquarters in Brussels, I asked him about the difference the aid will make in the

war. The US decision that we saw on Saturday is big, it is important and it will make a difference on the ground and I'm

absolutely confident that the US will be able to get support to the battlefield, to the front lines quickly. Then of course the delay has had a consequence

because the Ukrainians have been totally outgunned and we have seen also how the Russian missiles

drones have been able to hit more and more Ukrainian targets because the

Ukrainians are too little air-defense and also together with announcements from other NATO allies.

Germany and the Netherlands are now stepping up and that will make a difference on the

ground in the coming weeks and days.

You talk about the NATO allies in Europe.

Have they been slow in getting going in your view?

Are they doing enough?

I think all allies can do more.

But the reality is that if you look at the numbers,

Canada and European allies, as a nonUS allies. They have since the start of this war

provided roughly 50% half of the total military support which is substantial and if you add an economic support Ukraine

humanitarian to support Ukraine and on top of that also the economic cost of hosting

millions of Ukrainian refugees the economic cost of hosting millions of Ukrainian refugees

the reality is that European allies are paying much higher economic price for

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