Could Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Been Prevented? NATO’s Outgoing Chief Thinks So.
BRUSSELS — On his final day as NATO’s secretary general, after 10 years in the job, Jens Stoltenberg didn’t want to look back. But in an interview with POLITICO Magazine, he couldn’t help but share one great regret: that the West didn’t more forcefully intervene on Ukraine’s behalf after Russia first started biting into its territory in 2014.