Rutte: Ukraine May Receive A Huge Amount Of Weapons
10- 14.07.2025, 20:23
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NATO Secretary General commented on the agreement with the US.
Under the US-NATO arms deal, Ukraine could receive a huge number of air defense systems, missiles and ammunition.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said this during a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump.
"This is very important. You (addressed Trump - note) called me on Thursday and told me that you have made a decision. And that decision is that you want Ukraine to have everything it needs to support and defend itself against Russia, but you don't want the Europeans to pay for it, which is absolutely logical," Rutte said.
He said this is the huge success of the NATO summit, where the Alliance countries agreed to increase defense industrial production, defense spending to 5%, and aid to Ukraine.
"So based on this, we can say that Europe has taken a step forward. Now the Europeans are taking a step forward again. I have been in contact with many countries. I can tell you that now Germany to a large extent, but also Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, the Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada. They all want to be part of this," the NATO secretary general noted.
He emphasized that this is only the first wave, there will be more to come.
"So we will work through NATO systems to make sure that we know what Ukraine needs so that we can make packages, certainly in the way that we discussed this morning with Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon. In a way that, of course, we will keep our stockpiles necessary for the defense of this country, that's quite clear, but it will mean that Ukraine can get its hands on a really huge amount of military weapons for air defense, as well as missiles, ammunition and so on," Rutte added.
He also commented on Trump's deadline of 50 days for Russia to conclude a peace deal with Ukraine.
"So if I were Vladimir Putin today and you were talking about what you plan to do in 50 days, I would reconsider whether I should take the Ukraine negotiations more seriously," the NATO secretary general said.