NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reaffirmed on Thursday the need to step up support for Ukraine, adding it was vital Russia did not win as it could result in Russian President Vladimir Putin 'high fiving' the leaders of North Korea and China.

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The loss of Kiev will cost NATO not the additional billions of dollars that the alliance allocates for military needs now, but additional trillions of dollars, said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte,

NATO is under pressure from President Donald Trump to boost its spending, and for its non-US members to take a larger role in European defense. Members have committed to spend 2% of GDP on defense, a threshold many do not meet. Trump wants members to boost spending to as high as 5%, having accused allies of freeloading off the US in the past.

Should new US administration keep supplying Ukraine from its defense industrial base, Europeans must be ready to pay the bill, Mark Rutte says - Anadolu Ajansı

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte urged Ukraine's Western allies to provide further support to Kyiv, stating he agreed with US President Donald Trump, who previously demanded that the alliance's member countries increase their defence budget from 2% to 5% ...

NATO Chief Rutte Reaffirms Need to Step up Support for Ukraine DAVOS (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reaffirmed on Thursday the need to step up support for Ukraine, adding it was ...

The head of Nato has said “crazy” ethical investing rules are thwarting Europe’s efforts to ramp up defence spending. Mark Rutte, general secretary of the transatlantic military alliance, said that finance companies were withholding money from defence companies after effectively putting them into the same category as drug dealers and pornographers.

NATO Chief Mark Rutte has said that if a deal is reached between Russia and Ukraine that is aligned more towards Moscow, Putin and his allies, including China, North Korea, and Iran will have the last laugh,

Transatlantic military alliance chief echoes Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in stinging remarks at the World Economic Forum.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte emphasized the need to "change the trajectory of the war," calling for intensified support for Ukraine. — Ukrinform.