Mark Rutte tells Sky News it would be a 'problem' for everyone if Ukraine is defeated by Russia, as he urges every country in Europe and NATO to deliver more heavy weaponry to Kyiv.
, increasing the number of troops at readiness to respond in a crisis, boosting military spending and bolstering their defences in countries that sit closest to Russia.
They have also pledged to increase support for Ukraine, with individual allies promising more weapons and money."It is crucial that every country in Europe and in NATO is now delivering the heavy weaponry they can deliver to Ukraine," Mr Rutte said."We cannot supply people, we cannot have a situation where NATO comes into direct confrontation with Russia so we have to help (
and his team to make sure weapon deliveries are at a higher speed, as massive as possible the heavy weaponry etc and really call up on all my colleagues to do what they can."The Dutch leader also said threats from Russia could grow if NATO fails to increase its strength such as by
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