NATO's Stoltenberg: We call on Putin to engage in diplomacy, stop war immediately

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated on Friday that NATO calls on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine immediately without conditions and engage in diplomacy, reported Reuters. Stoltenberg said that the days to come in Ukraine are likely to be worse and NATO has a responsibility to ensure that the conflict does not spread beyond Ukraine. Furthermore, Stoltenberg urged that NATO is not seeking war with Russia and remains committed to keeping its options for diplomacy open. NATO allies agree, Stoltenberg continued, that we should not have NATO planes in Ukrainian airspace or NATO troops on Ukrainian soil.