There is no context and nothing specific, as the headline makes it seem. He is just putting out phrases in an interview:

"Wars develop in phases," Stoltenberg said [...]

"We have to support Ukraine in both good and bad times," he said.

"We should also be prepared for bad news,” Stoltenberg added [...]

[...] Stoltenberg said. “The more we support the Ukraine, the faster the war will end."

It’s more of a stalemate, while technically every day Ukraine exists is a victory, ideally they’d be in a position to retake thier own land. Meanwhile the only long term possibility the Kremlin has been pursuing is expending vast quantities of men and material in hopes that Nato gets bored before they have to conscript from the cities and get overthrown.

A well noted part of this campaign has been in attempts to foster misinformation and shake confidence in the ability of Ukraine to hold the line and eventually take back its land and people from the invading imperial power.

If you are interested and have a spare hour, Perun’s recent piece on the political war is excellent as always.

https://youtu.be/pIKiFAKMoi0?si=jyDupy7xxT-qjYxg

If we keep giving them some scraps and some patched up cold war writeoffs then yeah.. What are they going to do. Both sides have lost momentum.

The whole thing feels like a stalemate now.

Yes, because the last two years have been so full of fantastically good news.

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