NATO chief Rutte warns allies to step up defence spending or be Russia's next target
Europe • Dec 11, 2025, 5:34 PM
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NATO chief Mark Rutte on Thursday urged alliance members to realise that they are Russia's next targets, urging them to step up defence efforts to prevent a possible war with Moscow "on the scale our grandparents endured". Rutte also argued that a peace plan in Ukraine would be a test of whether Russia "really wants peace".
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