Secretary General: NATO to continue supporting Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that NATO will continue rendering full support to Ukraine.

Stoltenberg made these remarks at a joint briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Brussels, TASS reports.

He added that the security of Ukraine is the security of the West.

Earlier, Stoltenberg stressed that in case of deliberate damage to the infrastructure of Finland and Estonia, NATO will immediately respond.

On October 8, 2023, Gasgrid Finland and the Estonian gas transmission system operator Elering noticed an unusual drop in pressure in the offshore gas pipeline between the two countries shortly before 2 am. Based on observations, it was suspected that the offshore pipeline between Finland and Estonia was leaking. The valves in the offshore pipeline are now closed and the leak is thus stopped. Gasgrid Finland is currently investigating the matter in cooperation with Elering.

The state of the Finnish gas system is stable and the supply of gas has been secured through the Inkoo floating LNG terminal for the time being.