Ukraine has already won the war against Russia, Finnish president tells CNBC

Finnish President Alexander Stubb told CNBC Tuesday that Ukraine has already won the war against Russia — even as he warned that Kyiv still urgently needs more air defense support from NATO allies.

Stubb highlighted that Ukraine had managed to preserve its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity despite more than four years of a full-scale invasion by Moscow.

"Look at things from a Moscow perspective: In the past four years, during the active war, they have advanced 60 kilometers. In World War II, they went from Moscow to Berlin, that's 1,400 kilometers. You have to ask yourself: 'Who has won, who has lost?' I say Ukraine has won," Stubb said at the NATO Summit in Ankana, Turkey on Tuesday.

"My message is that yes, Europe needs to ramp up, but you know what, Ukraine needs NATO, but NATO needs Ukraine as much as the other way around," he added.

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