The war most likely will end at the negotiating table, he said, adding that what happens during talks "is very closely linked to the situation on the ground, on the battlefield."
Vom 03. Juni 2022
https://news.yahoo.com/stoltenberg-says-war-ukraine-become-125800003.html?guccounter=1
"What happens around the table is fundamentally linked to the situation on the battlefield," Stoltenberg said. "So what we should do is to support Ukraine and to strengthen their hand so that at some stage there can be negotiations where Ukraine prevails as an independent sovereign nation in Europe," he added.
Vom 14. November 2022
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/natos-stoltenberg-up-ukraine-what-terms-talks-with-russia-are-acceptable-2022-11-14/