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The search for possible solutions to the war in Ukraine, which is now one year old, has not been on the agenda of the Munich Security Conference and neither has the peace initiative announced by the

, has been received with drums because the only ones that have sounded in the three days that this forum has lasted have been war.

"We have to do more and faster, we have to speed up our military aid to Ukraine. All the European leaders here have said that Russia cannot win the war and we have to put words into action," summed up the High Representative for Politics. Outside of the EU, Josep Borrell, closing the conference.

The commitment to Ukraine and the calls to increase military aid to Kiev have been so high and so repeated that the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, have seen themselves legitimized to ask the allies for

.

"We have evidence that the Russian Federation is using cluster munitions. We understand that [the use of] these munitions is a controversial issue, globally. But we are not party to the convention that prohibits the use

. So that there are no legal obstacles. And if we get those munitions, they will be used exclusively against Russian military forces," Kuleba said.

Cluster munitions are rockets and bombs that explode over the target, releasing many small explosive devices.

Phosphorus ammunition can cause severe burns and poisoning in humans.

Ukrainian demand has not gone down well with countries that, like Germany, are party to the Oslo Convention on the prohibition of the use, production, acquisition, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's reaction to Ukraine's surprising request has been clear:

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What they will do is speed up the supply of weapons and strengthen the military industry to ensure reserves, spare parts and ammunition.

"I have recently been in Kiev. The Ukrainians tell us: you send us weapons and that is good. But you send them too late and too slowly," said Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, who along with her Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson and Borrell closed the conference.

Kallas recalled that Russia shoots the equivalent of the European monthly production of ammunition every day, hence the need to speed it up.

"What worries me is when the industry says they don't have enough orders to increase production. It seems that some governments believe this war will pass," and "I think Russia is

. Russia doesn't he will tire so quickly. We see that Putin is doing what he has announced for years. Hitler was not believed either and was quite open about his goals," he added.

For the first time in decades, Russia has not been invited to the conference

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Furthermore, and this has been a novelty, the organizers have opened the doors to the countries of the so-called

.

They have not been given the floor, but the diplomatic offensive that Europeans and Americans have carried out behind the scenes to invite them to cut ties with Russia and China has been a constant.

First it was the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who addressed the "global south" from the rostrum, to those countries that, like South Africa or India, have not supported the sanctions against Russia.

On the last day Borrell did so, referring to the Russian "imperialist" narrative in the area and acknowledging the "resentment" in African countries for the colonial past.

"People have memories and they have feelings.

," he said.

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