And joining us now a man who has been doing incredible work behind the scenes and in front of the camera to make sure the world knows that Russia has to be stopped.

Secretary General of NATO Stoltenberger joins us.

Mr Secretary, welcome back. us. Mr. Secretary, welcome back.

Thanks much for having again.

It's good to be back.

Congratulations on your award, the Medal of Freedom.

What was that like getting that?

That was a great honor and a big surprise and for me this is a recognition of the work the

whole Alliance have done over the last years to ensure that we protect 1 billion people living in North America and Europe in a more dangerous world

and not least against Russia but also against throwing the increasing challenges that China is posting security.

We all saw around the world what was happening in front of the camera.

Can you bring us behind the scenes?

President Zelensky desperate to get the weapons he needs in a timely

timely fashion to keep his country alive without restrictions.

Word behind the scenes was the pushing President Biden to allow them to blow up these weapons depots, the places where the

Russians are attacking, even if it's inside Russia. Did you guys make any progress

convincing him? First of all, I think we need to realize that of course Ukraine will like to have as much as possible as soon as possible with no restrictions.

At the same time they realize that of course there are some limits when it comes to how much allies are able to provide at least in the short term.

But what we have seen is unprecedented support from

European allies and the United States. We had some gaps and delays in

winter and now we have all stepped up and allies have also reduced the restrictions on the use of weapons against military targets on the territory of Russia.

That is also the case for the United States.

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