NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in November 2024, "If Trump surrenders Ukraine to Putin, I will personally expel the United States from the alliance.”

General Mark Rutte called on Western allies to provide further support to Ukraine “to change the trajectory of the conflict.”

NATO chief Mark Rutte on Tuesday called on Western countries to ramp up support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion, saying Kyiv required more than just being kept "in the fight". "We must do more than just keep Ukraine in the fight,

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also issued a stern warning regarding North Korea’s recent deployment of troops to support Russian forces, stating this "demands and will receive a firm response.

NATO chief Mark Rutte congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday for being elected president of the United States, and emphasised that members were increasing their military spending, a response to a persistent Trump criticism of the Western alliance.

I am absolutely convinced that if the Russians did not have nuclear weapons, we would be in Ukraine and driving them out. That is what we would do. But they do have nuclear weapons. So, this is different from the situation in Afghanistan,

NATO countries need to increase their support for Ukraine in the war with Russia. Simply helping the Ukrainian military hold its ground is not enough, stated NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, according to Reuters.