WEBVTT 00:00.470 --> 00:01.470 Financial times . 00:13.990 --> 00:17.050 Thank you so much to be a pain . I 00:17.060 --> 00:19.670 wanted to ask about the ammunition from 00:19.670 --> 00:21.670 what you've said . It doesn't sound 00:21.670 --> 00:23.726 like this is a , solvable problem if 00:23.726 --> 00:25.781 they are using it faster than we can 00:25.781 --> 00:28.930 build it , delivery times are doubling 00:28.940 --> 00:31.190 as you just said and we can't just 00:31.190 --> 00:34.730 invent new factories . How do we solve 00:34.730 --> 00:36.786 that then ? Or are we at a point now 00:36.786 --> 00:39.140 where Ukraine is at a ceiling of what 00:39.140 --> 00:41.750 can be provided month by month by NATO 00:41.750 --> 00:45.140 allies and non NATO allies in the in 00:45.140 --> 00:47.710 the larger coalition of Ramstein . Are 00:47.710 --> 00:49.654 we at that point already now where 00:49.654 --> 00:51.821 Ukraine has a limit of what it can use 00:51.821 --> 00:54.090 every month . Thank you . What I said 00:54.100 --> 00:57.420 was that the current rate of ammunition 00:57.420 --> 01:00.010 consumption is higher , bigger than the 01:00.010 --> 01:02.121 current rate of production . That's a 01:02.121 --> 01:05.100 factual thing . But since we have been 01:05.100 --> 01:07.100 aware of that for some time we have 01:07.100 --> 01:09.100 started to do something . We're not 01:09.100 --> 01:11.156 just sitting there and watching this 01:11.156 --> 01:13.378 happening . So that's the reason why we 01:13.378 --> 01:15.850 over several months have worked hard at 01:16.820 --> 01:19.360 and also within the Ramstein format to 01:19.360 --> 01:21.527 ramp up production . That's the reason 01:21.527 --> 01:23.471 why we launched this out of circle 01:23.471 --> 01:26.680 extraordinary review our stockpiles why 01:26.680 --> 01:28.624 we have collected the data and now 01:28.624 --> 01:30.347 we're using this data to go to 01:30.347 --> 01:33.070 individual allies and work with them to 01:33.080 --> 01:35.770 sign contracts with the industry and 01:35.770 --> 01:38.300 that's exactly what they do . And of 01:38.300 --> 01:40.470 course the industry has the capability 01:40.470 --> 01:43.080 to increase production also short term , 01:43.090 --> 01:46.600 sometimes there's some some some non 01:46.600 --> 01:50.380 used or not utilized capability 01:50.380 --> 01:52.213 there . But even when you have a 01:52.213 --> 01:54.102 factory running you can have more 01:54.102 --> 01:55.991 shifts . You can even work during 01:55.991 --> 01:59.250 weekends . This is an issue of cost and 01:59.250 --> 02:01.870 price and then you need of course to 02:01.870 --> 02:02.970 invest in you 02:02.980 --> 02:06.770 uh , in 02:06.770 --> 02:09.900 production capability and that's also 02:09.900 --> 02:13.230 what they do , especially when the 02:13.240 --> 02:15.720 defense industry can have multi year 02:15.720 --> 02:17.940 contracts and we have seen several 02:17.940 --> 02:20.410 examples of allies now signing 02:20.410 --> 02:22.820 multiyear contracts and then the 02:22.820 --> 02:25.400 industry have the demand signal . They 02:25.400 --> 02:27.890 need to make the investments . So yes , 02:27.890 --> 02:30.001 we have a challenge . Yes , we have a 02:30.001 --> 02:32.057 problem but problems are there to be 02:32.057 --> 02:33.946 solved and we are addressing that 02:33.946 --> 02:36.410 problem and we have strategies to solve 02:36.410 --> 02:38.466 it both in the short and also longer 02:38.466 --> 02:41.740 term mobilized defense industry and if 02:41.740 --> 02:44.410 there's anything NATO allies and our 02:44.410 --> 02:47.150 economies and societies have approved 02:47.160 --> 02:49.890 over decades is that we are dynamic . 02:49.900 --> 02:52.170 We are adaptable . We can change when 02:52.170 --> 02:54.530 needed . So if you just send a clear 02:54.530 --> 02:56.930 signal and also mobilize the financial 02:56.930 --> 02:59.850 resources as we are doing with our 02:59.860 --> 03:02.090 pledge to invest more than the industry 03:02.090 --> 03:04.590 have proven extremely capable of 03:04.600 --> 03:07.740 producing more and let me know that of 03:07.740 --> 03:10.020 course this is the challenge of having 03:10.020 --> 03:12.040 enough ammunition is also a big 03:12.040 --> 03:15.940 challenge for for Russia . 03:15.950 --> 03:19.400 So it just shows that this is a war of 03:19.400 --> 03:21.344 attrition and the war of attrition 03:21.344 --> 03:24.130 becomes a battle of the logistics and 03:24.140 --> 03:26.880 we focus on the logistical part of the 03:26.890 --> 03:30.390 defense capacity , defense industry 03:30.390 --> 03:34.080 capacity to ramp up production All set 03:34.730 --> 03:38.650 here in the 2nd round . My name 03:38.650 --> 03:41.510 is I'm from Bell said tv Secretary 03:41.510 --> 03:44.780 General , most of Evolution nation does 03:44.780 --> 03:46.780 not support the Russia's aggression 03:46.780 --> 03:49.440 against Ukraine which is why Lukashenko 03:49.440 --> 03:51.810 regime did not decide to openly 03:51.850 --> 03:54.580 participate in the aggression but only 03:54.580 --> 03:56.760 supports it . What is the NATO's 03:56.760 --> 03:59.160 position on his on this complicity of 03:59.160 --> 04:01.216 the local shecky regime does need to 04:01.216 --> 04:03.610 separate the political regime from 04:03.610 --> 04:05.160 Belarusian society . 04:07.090 --> 04:09.770 Yes , we are aware of that is not a 04:09.770 --> 04:12.310 democracy . We are aware that the 04:12.310 --> 04:15.770 regime in means to 04:15.890 --> 04:17.530 represent the people of 04:18.930 --> 04:21.320 because we have also seen 04:21.330 --> 04:24.780 how the elections were totally 04:24.780 --> 04:26.891 manipulated and the and the elections 04:26.891 --> 04:29.500 also were not respected . So so we are 04:29.500 --> 04:32.390 aware that the people of have a very 04:32.390 --> 04:35.230 different opinion about the war than 04:35.240 --> 04:37.870 the regime . And of course the regime 04:37.870 --> 04:40.680 is complicit in Russia's illegal war 04:40.910 --> 04:44.360 because even though he has not sent in 04:44.360 --> 04:46.416 their own troops , they have allowed 04:46.416 --> 04:48.527 the President Putin and Russia to use 04:49.290 --> 04:52.580 as a platform to launch attacks against 04:53.170 --> 04:54.892 Kane , you can remember at the 04:54.892 --> 04:56.837 beginning of the war that the data 04:56.837 --> 04:59.390 invasion started actually , forces came 04:59.400 --> 05:01.700 in from the north from Belarus trying 05:01.700 --> 05:05.310 to take Kiev and the territory in the 05:05.320 --> 05:08.710 north by Russian territory continues to 05:08.710 --> 05:12.200 be used for any missile attacks . Um 05:12.200 --> 05:15.100 and also the joint exercises of course 05:15.110 --> 05:17.610 it's a challenge for the Ukrainians as 05:17.610 --> 05:20.790 the exercises between Belarus and the 05:20.800 --> 05:23.540 Russian and Russian forces . So so so 05:23.540 --> 05:27.520 the the regime should 05:27.530 --> 05:30.370 not be complicit should should should 05:30.370 --> 05:33.410 not support Russia's illegal war 05:33.410 --> 05:35.521 efforts . This is a blatant violation 05:35.521 --> 05:37.688 of international law and and something 05:37.688 --> 05:41.420 that should of course condemn . Okay , 05:43.590 --> 05:46.940 thank you . 05:46.950 --> 05:50.540 I understand that the 05:50.550 --> 05:53.740 support of fighter aircraft to Ukraine 05:53.750 --> 05:55.861 that's not the highest priority . But 05:55.861 --> 05:58.590 the discussion is ongoing . The bricks 05:58.590 --> 06:01.310 are will start training pilots and 06:01.310 --> 06:03.850 there are countries that's not ruling 06:03.850 --> 06:06.030 it out . So Mr Senator general , will 06:06.030 --> 06:08.420 you speak in favor of it or will you 06:08.430 --> 06:10.970 one against it ? And my second question 06:10.970 --> 06:14.910 is about the net websites that were 06:14.910 --> 06:17.880 taken down over the weekend has been 06:18.810 --> 06:22.620 target or cyber attack over the weekend . 06:22.700 --> 06:24.900 Can you give a status on that ? Thank 06:24.900 --> 06:27.820 you . The cyberspace is 06:27.830 --> 06:31.360 contested in all times and we 06:31.360 --> 06:34.180 face at NATO malicious cyber activities 06:34.660 --> 06:36.970 on a daily basis and we are 06:36.970 --> 06:39.140 strengthening our cyber defenses . So 06:39.140 --> 06:41.390 this is something we have responded to 06:41.390 --> 06:44.240 over many years because we have seen 06:44.240 --> 06:47.870 more and more different types of 06:47.880 --> 06:50.920 cyber attacks , malicious cyber 06:50.920 --> 06:54.840 activities against our networks . And 06:54.850 --> 06:57.750 we have seen some attempted denial of 06:57.750 --> 07:00.790 service incidents against a number of 07:01.040 --> 07:04.420 websites on since sunday . 07:04.700 --> 07:07.950 Additional protective measures have 07:07.950 --> 07:10.061 been put in place and the majority of 07:10.061 --> 07:12.810 NATO websites are functioning now as 07:12.820 --> 07:16.340 normal . Some NATO websites are still 07:16.340 --> 07:18.470 experiencing availability 07:18.590 --> 07:22.380 issues but our technical teams 07:22.390 --> 07:25.940 are now working to restore full 07:25.950 --> 07:28.590 access then it is extremely important 07:28.590 --> 07:30.860 to understand the following our 07:30.870 --> 07:33.660 classified networks , the networks we 07:33.660 --> 07:36.480 used to communicate between NATO 07:36.490 --> 07:38.810 missions and operations within the NATO 07:38.810 --> 07:42.320 command structure were not affected and 07:42.320 --> 07:44.450 there is currently no evidence of 07:44.450 --> 07:46.830 impact on NATO operations . So one 07:46.830 --> 07:49.320 thing is our public 07:51.090 --> 07:55.040 pages or 07:55.050 --> 07:57.210 sides where we actually share 07:57.210 --> 07:59.770 information with the world outside 08:00.640 --> 08:03.940 there have been attempt to have denial 08:03.940 --> 08:07.310 services . So 08:07.320 --> 08:11.200 activities against those pages but 08:11.520 --> 08:13.720 classified the network has not been 08:13.720 --> 08:16.690 attacked . Okay , final question answer . 08:23.020 --> 08:25.810 Okay , thank you for the floor . Mr 08:25.810 --> 08:28.110 Secretary General , the words of former 08:28.110 --> 08:29.777 Italian Prime Minister Silvio 08:29.777 --> 08:31.999 Berlusconi have caused an earthquake in 08:31.999 --> 08:34.490 Italy decided he would not go to the 08:34.490 --> 08:36.546 Lansky if he were Prime minister now 08:36.546 --> 08:38.546 because he attacked the independent 08:38.546 --> 08:40.650 Republics of Donbas and that biden 08:40.650 --> 08:43.500 should force him to a truce in Italy , 08:43.500 --> 08:45.667 some commentators see these statements 08:45.667 --> 08:47.950 as pure Kremlin propaganda and the 08:47.950 --> 08:49.950 problem is that part is part of the 08:49.950 --> 08:52.172 government governing coalition . So are 08:52.172 --> 08:54.430 you afraid that Italy could be , could 08:54.440 --> 08:56.107 be seen as the coalition soft 08:56.107 --> 08:58.340 underbelly And are you satisfied with 08:58.340 --> 09:00.396 the military aid provided to Kiev or 09:00.396 --> 09:03.400 could roam do more . First of all , I 09:03.400 --> 09:05.790 met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni 09:05.790 --> 09:08.160 just after she took office some months 09:08.160 --> 09:10.720 ago and the message from her was very 09:10.720 --> 09:12.720 clear . I also met with the Foreign 09:12.720 --> 09:14.609 Minister , the Defense Minister , 09:14.609 --> 09:16.776 Defense Minister of Italy will be here 09:16.776 --> 09:18.664 tomorrow and the message from the 09:18.664 --> 09:21.040 Italian government is absolute support 09:21.050 --> 09:23.820 to Ukraine for the NATO efforts to 09:23.820 --> 09:26.460 provide support Ukraine . So all NATO 09:26.460 --> 09:29.020 allies including Italy of course agree 09:29.260 --> 09:32.540 and continue to provide support and 09:32.550 --> 09:34.828 Italy has provided significant support . 09:34.828 --> 09:37.190 We welcome of course more support from 09:37.190 --> 09:40.020 all allies , including Italy and I also 09:40.020 --> 09:42.187 welcome the fact that Italy and France 09:42.187 --> 09:44.409 are now working together to deliver the 09:44.409 --> 09:46.464 advanced air defense systems and T . 09:46.464 --> 09:48.920 Which is italian french joint effort . 09:48.950 --> 09:51.970 So some absolutely confident that Italy 09:51.970 --> 09:54.400 will remain a strong supporter of 09:54.740 --> 09:57.930 strong support to Ukraine , not least 09:57.930 --> 10:00.140 because Italy understands as all other 10:00.140 --> 10:02.196 allies understand that this is about 10:02.196 --> 10:04.740 our security . It will be a tragedy for 10:04.740 --> 10:07.370 Ukrainians if President Putin wins , 10:07.370 --> 10:09.537 but it will also be dangerous for us . 10:09.537 --> 10:11.759 It will make us more vulnerable because 10:11.759 --> 10:13.870 the message to him would be that when 10:13.870 --> 10:15.648 you use military force violates 10:15.648 --> 10:17.648 international law , he gets what he 10:17.648 --> 10:19.592 wants . Thank you very much . This 10:19.592 --> 10:19.500 concludes this press conference . We'll 10:19.500 --> 10:21.556 see you tomorrow . Thank you . Thank 10:21.556 --> 10:21.440 you .