section_path: Post-NATO career/December 2024 views on Ukraine
section_name: December 2024 views on Ukraine
paragraph_text: December 2024 views on Ukraine
  
  In December 2024 Stoltenberg expressed support for the accelerated accession of Ukraine to NATO, saying, "Where there is a will, there is a way to find a solution. But you need a line which defines where Article 5 is invoked, and Ukraine has to control all the territory until that border." He said that Ukraine could temporarily give up territories occupied by Russia in exchange for peace.