Mark Rutte made the claim as Kiev remains hard-pressed on the front line in Donbass
A new NATO command specifically tasked with coordinating Western military aid to Ukraine will help Kiev tip the scales on the battlefield against Russia, the bloc’s new chief, Mark Rutte, has claimed.
Rutte, who took over as NATO secretary-general earlier this month after serving as prime minister of the Netherlands for more than a decade, made the remarks during his first visit to the NATO Security Assistance and Training Ukraine (NSATU) command based in Wiesbaden, Germany. He was accompanied by American General Christopher Cavoli, who is NATO’s supreme allied commander Europe, as well as other senior officials.
The NATO chief also met with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and talked with troops, praising their work. The new command, Rutte claimed, would “make a real difference for Ukraine on the battlefield and ‘for our own security,’”…