Ahead of a meeting of NATO defense secretaries in Brussels on Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged members of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a multi-billion dollar aid package for Ukraine as “an investment in our own security”, Paralel.Az reports citing Reuters.

Stoltenberg said if Russia wins the war in Ukraine, the Russian state will be emboldened, as will China.

“If President Putin wins in Ukraine, it will send a message to him but also to other authoritarian leaders that they get what they want when they use military force. It will make the world more dangerous (and) us more vulnerable,” Stoltenberg told the Reuters news agency. “Today it is Ukraine, tomorrow it can be in Taiwan. So, Beijing — China — is watching closely what’s going on in Ukraine.”