BRUSSELS NATO's support for Ukraine is making a difference on the battlefield, said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday, as Ukraine embarks on its counteroffensive against Russia.

"The support NATO allies have been giving Ukraine now for many, many months actually makes a difference on the battlefield," Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels.

(Reporting by Sabine Siebold, Andrew Gray, Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)