Rutte Warns NATO: Stop Making Putin Too Powerful, Cautions Against Xi Alliance

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that Russia will remain a long-term destabilizing force in Europe, urging allies to dramatically increase defense spending and military production to counter Moscow’s growing war economy. Speaking at the IISS Prague Defence Summit, Rutte said Russia now devotes 40% of its national budget to the war effort, producing 1,500 tanks and 3,000 armored vehicles this year alone. He dismissed the idea that Moscow has a veto over Ukraine’s sovereignty, calling President Vladimir Putin “the governor of Texas, not more,” and pressed NATO allies to meet a new 5% of GDP defense target to ensure Europe can outproduce and outmatch Russia’s war machine SUBSCRIBE NOW | https://bit.ly/SubscribeToMirrorNow For More Updates ► http://www.mirrornownews.com Like us on Facebook ►   / mirrornow   Follow us on Twitter ►   / mirrornow   Follow us on Instagram ►   / mirrornow_in   Subscribe to our other network channels: Times Now Navbharat: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToTNNavbharat Zoom: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToZoom Times Now: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToTimesNow ET Now: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToETNow TN+: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToTNPlus