NATO could have done more to arm Ukraine in an effort to prevent Russia's invasion in 2022 the outgoing head of the western military Alliance said in an interview published on Saturday now we are providing military tools for a war back then we could have ensured military tools to prevent the war NATO's Secretary General Yen stoltenberg told the German weekly newspaper FAS stoltenberg noted NATO's hesitation to provide the weapons that Kiev had requested before Russia's full-scale Invasion due to fears the tensions with Russia would escalate After the War Began Kiev which is not a NATO member received one weapon system after another from its allies always after initial hesitations stoltenberg a former prime minister of Norway will Ste down in October from his role as NATO's Secretary General a position he has held since 2014 former Dutch prime minister Mark Ruda was announced in June as the next head of the organization in the interview stole Berg said that the end of the war in Ukraine would only be achieved at the negotiating table to end this war there will need to be dialogue with Russia again at a certain stage but it must be based on Ukrainian strength he said stoltenberg did not confirm in the meantime that he would take over from German Diplomat Kristoff hughen as chairman of the Munich security conference after his departure from NATO he said there were many options on the table and that he would live in Oslo