Rutte says Article 5 type deal considered for Ukraine, NATO membership not discussed

August 19, 2025 9:43 AM

Rutte says Article 5 type deal considered for Ukraine, NATO membership not discussed

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday NATO membership for Ukraine was not under discussion but that there was a discussion on "Article 5" type security guarantees for the country that Russia invaded in February 2022. "The situation is this - that the U.S. and some other countries have said that they are against NATO membership for Ukraine. The official NATO position ... is that there is an irreversible path for Ukraine into NATO," Rutte said during an interview on Fox News' "The Ingr...

NATO chief Rutte says Zelenskiy’s criticism of Germany’s Scholz is unfair

December 23, 2024 3:03 PM

NATO chief Rutte says Zelenskiy’s criticism of Germany’s Scholz is unfair

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said he considered the sometimes harsh criticism of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to be unjustified, news wire DPA reported. Although Germany has been a vital ally of Ukraine, its hesitation in providing long-range Taurus cruise missiles has been a source of frustration in Kyiv, which is battling a foe armed with a powerful array of long-range weaponry. "I have often told Zelenskiy that he should stop criticising Olaf...