NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte issued a major warning to the members of the Western military alliance, saying Russia is “preparing for long-term confrontation.”
While some members of the alliance still don’t reach the 2 percent target members are required to fork out, Mr Rutte said NATO countries will soon need to consider much higher defence spending.
Delivering a speech in Brussels, he said: “Russia is preparing for long-term confrontation, with Ukraine and with us.
“We are not ready for what is coming our way in four to five years,” the NATO secretary-general said, adding: “It is time to shift to a wartime mindset, and turbocharge our defence production and defence spending.”
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