Nato chief chides alliance countries for not being quicker to help Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a meeting with Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Nato countries have not delivered what they promised to Ukraine in time, the alliance’s chief has said, allowing Russia to press its battlefield advantage while Kyiv’s depleted forces wait for western military supplies to arrive.

Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said that “serious delays in support have meant serious consequences on the battlefield” for Ukraine.