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He said the war in Ukraine could "determine the fate of the world", so Western militaries and political leaders must drastically change the way they help Kiev fend off Russian occupation forces.
Ukraine is locked in an existential battle for its survival almost two years after its war with Russia, and Western militaries and political leaders must drastically change the way they help it fend off invading forces, a senior officer said on Wednesday. NATO military.
At a meeting of the 31-nation alliance's top leaders, the chairman of NATO's Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, also said that behind President Vladimir Putin's rationale for war was fear of democracy, in a year marked by elections in worldwide.
NATO's top military officer urged allies and leaders to plan for the unexpected in Ukraine.
He said the war in Ukraine could "determine the fate of the world", so Western militaries and political leaders must drastically change the way they help Kiev fend off Russian occupation forces.
During two days of talks in Brussels, senior NATO officers are expected to detail plans for what will be Europe's biggest military exercises since the Cold War later this year.
The war games are intended as a new show of force by NATO and its commitment to defend all allied nations from attack.
As the war drags on, and with US and European Union funding for Ukraine's conflict-ravaged economy held up by political infighting, Bauer called for a "whole of society approach" to the challenge that goes beyond planning military.
"We need public and private actors to change their mindset from an era in which everything was planned, predictable, controllable and focused on efficiency to an era in which anything can happen at any time . An era in which we must expect the unexpected", he said as he opened the meeting.
In Brussels, Bauer said NATO would continue to support Ukraine long-term.
"Today is the 693rd day of what Russia thought would be a three-day war. Ukraine will have our support for every day to come, because the outcome of this war will determine the fate of the world.
This war has never been about any real security threat to Russia coming from Ukraine or NATO. This war is about Russia's fear of something far more powerful than any physical weapon on earth – democracy. If people in Ukraine can have democratic rights, then people in Russia will soon want them too,' he said.
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