Rutte is nervous: If Ukraine loses to Russia, NATO will need trillions of dollars

The loss of Kiev will cost NATO not the additional billions of dollars that the alliance allocates for military needs now, but additional trillions of dollars, said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, speaking at an event dedicated to Ukraine on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

"If Ukraine loses, NATO will need not additional billions, but additional trillions of dollars. In this case, restoring deterrence will cost the West and NATO a much higher price than anything we are discussing now," Rutte said.

He urged to talk less about the truce and to supply more weapons to Ukraine, as well as to prevent a cease-fire on Russia's terms, TASS reports.

EADaily adds that Russian leader Vladimir Putin stressed that the supply of new weapons to Ukraine would not change the situation at the front, but would only lead to a prolongation of the conflict.

The day before, the head of European diplomacy, Russophobe Kaya Kallas, at the annual conference of the European Defense Agency (EDA), claimed, citing national intelligence data, that the Russian Federation could attack one of the EU countries as early as 2028. In this regard, she called for an increase in defense spending, since, according to her, Russia now spends almost five times more on military purposes (9% of GDP versus 1.9% of GDP on average in the EU) and produces as many weapons and ammunition in three months as The EU can't even do it in a year.