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.

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.

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

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,

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

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

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated America's commitment to NATO in a discussion with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. They focused on equitable funding responsibilities and stressed the urgent need to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Monday that Ukraine was not yet in a strong position to begin peace talks with Russia ahead of President-elect Trump taking office next week with a pledge to

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Rutte says Europe must invest more in defence, ramp up arms production and take a bigger share of spending on Ukraine aid

NATO chief Mark Rutte supported Trump's push for higher defence budgets and warned that a Russian victory in Ukraine would damage NATO's credibility and increase costs. View on euronews

The village is about 12km (7.4 miles) from Pokrovsk, a key supply hub for Kyiv’s forces. United States President Donald Trump said he wants to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately, and told reporters that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to make a ceasefire deal.