NATO has voiced its position on key aspects of ending the Russian-Ukrainian war. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that NATO is not engaged in the negotiations to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. “They are being led by the US along with Ukraine and Russia. We u... #DeterrenceForce #MarkRutte #NATO #PeacekeepingMission #PeaceTalks #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
NATO countries will provide Ukraine with at least €20B in military assistance this year. “In the first three months of the year, we have already announced the allocation of over €20B in assistance to Ukraine. Our command in Wiesbaden continues to coordinate the supply of security as... #helicopterforUkraine #MarkRutte #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATO #Ramstein
Russia’s European neighbors oppose resuming purchases of Russian energy. Any talk of a return to Russian oil and gas is premature and threatens Europe’s security interests, warn EU countries bordering Russia, amid growing speculation that a US-brokered peace deal cou... #Estonia #Finland #Lithuania #MarkRutte #RussianEnergyResources #RussianGas #RussianOil
The EU is considering Ukraine’s automatic accession to NATO in the event that Russia violates a future ceasefire. This proposal is expected to receive support from several European leaders and American senators. Finnish President Alexander Stubb has already positively assessed this proposal. It should be noted th... #LindseyGraham #MarkRutte #NATO #NATOUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Britain will spend £4.5B on military aid to Ukraine this year, while Ukraine’s allies exceed their €40B pledge. UK Defence Secretary John Healey announced £4.5B ($5.6B) in military support for Ukraine, which includes the delivery of more than 10,000 drones by the end of March, with many already delivered over t... #GreatBritain #JohnHealey #MarkRutte #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Scholz and Rutte advise NATO and the EU to arm themselves. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, commenting on a new underwater cable damage incident in the Baltic Sea, remarked on the danger posed by the Russian shadow fleet and stressed the need to increase defens... #DefenseSpending #DonaldTrump #EUdefense #MarkRutte #NATO #OlafScholz #WarinUkraine
Trump might guarantee Ukraine’s security through US peacekeepers under certain conditions. According to Bloomberg, the Trump administration is ready to deploy US troops in Ukraine as part of a post-ceasefire peacekeeping mission, but only under certain conditions. In exchange for the deploy... #DonaldTrump #MarkRutte #NATO #PeacekeepingMission #SecurityGuarantees #UkraineReconstruction #WarinUkraine
The US wants to provide Ukraine with weapons using frozen Russian assets, and Europe will pay for it. The US President’s Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, said that the US is mulling the possibility of purchasing American weapons for Ukraine using frozen Russian assets. “... #AmericanWeapons #KeithKellogg #MarkRutte #RussianAssetsArrested #SupportUkraine #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Rutte: EU countries should increase their defense spending or learn the Russian language. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called on European Alliance countries to increase their defense budgets. Otherwise, he noted, Europeans will have to “finish Russian language courses or go to N... #DefenseSpending #EUdefense #MarkRutte #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
Zelensky met in Brussels with Rutte and Macron: What was discussed? President Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met in Brussels to discuss achieving a unified European position on the issue of Ukraine’s support. The parties discussed the provision ... #AirDefenseSystems #EmmanuelMacron #MarkRutte #MilitaryAid #PeacekeepingMission #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukraine will spend 10 times more on its defense than NATO countries in 2025; the EU is not ready for war with Russia. Next year, Ukraine will spend about 25% of its GDP on defense, which is 900% more than European NATO allies’ average, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said during a keynote speech in Brussels. ... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseSpending #MarkRutte #NATO #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Western leaders and Zelenskyy will meet in Brussels to discuss ending the war and establishing a European peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. European leaders, the NATO Secretary General, and President Zelenskyy will meet in Brussels on December 18. They are expected to discuss possible formats for ending the war and potentially establishin... #DonaldTrump #MarkRutte #PeacekeepingMission #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding
NATO is discussing scenarios for ending the war in Ukraine through negotiations. The governments of some NATO member states are talking about different scenarios that include security guarantees for Ukraine but also seek to avoid provoking Russian President Putin. According to sou... #MarkRutte #NATO #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Rutte warns Trump of threats to the US if Ukraine is forced to sign an favorable peace deal. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that the US would face a “dire threat” from China, Iran, and North Korea if Ukraine has to make concessions in order to end the war with Russia. In a... #China #DonaldTrump #Iran #MarkRutte #NorthKorea #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
NATO members condemn the attack on Dnipro; Rutte calls Ukraine a priority for the Alliance. A NATO-Ukraine Council meeting was held at NATO headquarters in Brussels, where the parties discussed Russia’s use of a new ballistic missile. NATO members confirmed their support for Ukraine an... #DidierReynders #FarahDakhlallah #MarkRutte #Oreshnik #UkraineNATOCouncil #WarinUkraine
European leaders urge Trump to support Ukraine and avoid trade wars. At the European Political Community summit in Budapest, EU leaders urged Donald Trump to maintain support for Ukraine, avoid trade wars, and refrain from disrupting world order during his second US pr... #DonaldTrump #foreignTrade #GeopoliticalFragmentation #LucFrieden #MarkRutte #UrsulavonderLeyen
Rutte: NATO should work on changing the war’s trajectory and increasing the price of aggression for Russia. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stressed the urgent need to step up action to change the trajectory of Russia’s war against Ukraine, citing the recent deployment of North Korean troops in Russ... #MarkRutte #MilitaryAid #NATO #NorthKorea #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Rutte calls assistance to Ukraine one of the components of NATO’s security; Scholz once again emphasizes the immutability of his decision. Strengthening the national defense of allied countries and further increasing military aid to Ukraine are two areas that are crucial for NATO’s security, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said i... #AnnalenaBaerbock #MarkRutte #NATO #NorthKoreanSoldiers #OlafScholz #WarinUkraine
More military aid from Ukraine’s allies: NASAMS from Canada, joint UAV and ammunition production with Lithuania. President Zelenskyy spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and discussed the Peace Formula, the Victory Plan, and cooperation on the organization of the second global Peace Summit. During t... #Australia #DefenseIndustryUkraine #JustinTrudeau #Lithuania #MarkRutte #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NASAMS #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
Russia has paid North Korea around $5.5B for weapons and is deploying North Korean troops in Kursk; China is alarmed by this cooperation. Since February 2022, the Russian Federation has purchased up to $5.5B worth of North Korean weapons, analysts have discovered. Russia is trying to use cooperation with North Korea as a lever of influe... #China #GeopoliticalFragmentation #MarkRutte #NATO #NorthKoreanSoldiers #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
To become a NATO member, Ukraine needs to carry out reforms; all Alliance members want Kyiv to win the war. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that Ukraine must implement the necessary reforms and fulfill certain security conditions in order to obtain NATO membership. “So, the question is... #JakeSullivan #MarkRutte #MilitaryAid #NATOUkraine #ReformsinUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
The US has ruled out the possibility of a quick NATO invitation for Ukraine, as Zelenskyy’s Victory Plan requires. Washington maintains a firm position that Ukraine is heading “on an irreversible path” to membership in the North Atlantic Alliance, but the possibility of Ukraine’s quick invitation... #MarkRutte #NATOexpansion #NATOUkraine #PeaceSummit #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
After his inauguration, new NATO Secretary General Rutte has arrived in Kyiv. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, during his first foreign visit to Kyiv at a press conference following a meeting with President Zelenskyy, confirmed that the Ukrainian issue will be his key priorit... #LongRangeStrikes #MarkRutte #RussianMilitaryTargets #VictoryPlan #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The new NATO Secretary, General Rutte, will maintain Stoltenberg’s priorities during his tenure. Incoming NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will need all of the coalition-building skills he honed as prime minister of the Netherlands to keep the Western alliance together amid the war in Ukraine, f... #JensStoltenberg #MarkRutte #NATO #UkraineNATO
The call for the urgent transfer of air defense equipment to Ukraine rises from the EU summit; IRIS-T and Patriot systems will be shipped to Ukraine soon. The gathered EU leaders pleaded for the provision of additional air defense equipment for Ukraine and called on member states to accelerate the delivery of all necessary military aid, including artill... #AirDefenseSystems #DiehlDefense #IRISTdefensesystem #MarkRutte #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems
Rotorcraft, drones, ammunition, and air defense: Allies continue to support Ukraine. A new £60M military aid package from the UK-led International Fund for Ukraine includes new reconnaissance drones to support the armed forces. The package will also include £20M for the supply of air ... #AirDefenseSystems #dronestoUkraine #MarkRutte #MI24 #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The Netherlands signed a security agreement with Ukraine and will send €2B in military aid in 2024. Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, came to Kharkiv on March 1 to sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine. The agreement provides for €2B in military aid in 2024 and further defens... #AmmunitionForUkraine #MarkRutte #NetherlandsAid #SecurityAgreement #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The Netherlands will help Ukraine guarantee the security of the Black Sea export corridor and to survive the winter. In particular, the Netherlands will help Ukraine to acquire patrol ships to ensure the security of the grain corridor. In addition, Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a new decision by the Netherlands to s... #agroexportukraine #blacksea #GrainCorridors #MarkRutte #NetherlandsAid #SupportUkraine
While the Ukrainians are training on the F-16, the US has approved aircraft transfers from Denmark and the Netherlands. Ukrainian pilots are already undergoing training on F-16 fighters in Great Britain and Sweden, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported. The Ministry of Defense of Denmark reported that Uk... #AnthonyBlinken #F16 #F16training #JanaČernochová #MarkRutte
Zelenskyy met with world leaders in Vilnius: Australia is providing 30 Bushmasters, Germany and the Netherlands are strengthening Ukraine’s air defense, and Canada offers armored vehicles. According to the Ukrainian president, Australia is giving Ukraine 30 Bushmaster armored personnel carriers as part of a new aid package. The total number of Bushmasters provided to Ukraine now reaches... #JustinTrudeau #MarkRutte #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATOsummitVilnius #OlafScholz #RishiSunak #Zelenskyy
Training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 will start at the end of summer, and the planes will arrive in 2024. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced that during a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, Rutte agreed to start training Ukrainian pilots on Western-style ... #DmytroKuleba #F16 #F16training #MarkRutte #NATOsummitVilnius #Zelenskyy
Great Britain and the Netherlands will work on creating an aviation coalition for Ukraine: Belgium and Poland are ready to join, and Germany will abstain. Prime Minister of Great Britain Rishi Sunak and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte agreed on this course of action at the summit of the Council of Europe in Iceland. It also became known tha... #DmytroKuleba #F16 #F16training #FighterJetsToUkraine #MarkRutte #OlafScholz #RishiSunak
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands travels to Brazil to discuss the war in Ukraine and has announced negotiations on the F-16. On May 9, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, during a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is critical of providing weapons to Kyiv, will emphasize the need to protect Ukraine... #F16 #JetFightersForUkraine #LulaDaSilva #MarkRutte #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
16 NATO member countries have officially supported Ukraine’s accession to the Alliance. On May 4, during a visit to the Netherlands, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a joint declaration with the heads of the governments of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, and Alexander de Croo... #AlexanderDeCroo #MarkRutte #UkraineAccessionToNATO #Zelenskyy
The Netherlands will provide heavy weapons and additional financial aid to Ukraine. The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with heavy weapons, armored vehicles, and self-propelled howitzers said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte during his visit to Kyiv. He added that “We must support U... #MarkRutte #Netherlands #NetherlandsAid #NetherlandsweaponforUkraine
Ukraine is unlikely to receive EU status soon. Ukraine is unlikely to become a candidate for membership in the European Union in the near future, stated the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte. He said that too many EU countries do not ... #EUandUkraine #EUmembership #EUstatus #MarkRutte
