Mark Rutte's comments come a day after Putin rejected US proposals for peace in Ukraine after talks with US negotiators in Moscow.

As Moscow’s drone buzzes and cyberattacks increase, European leaders are taking a more openly aggressive stance

Almost all of NATO's foreign ministers gathered in Brussels Wednesday, a day after inconclusive Ukraine peace talks between the U.S. and President Vladimir Putin, and as European officials struggled f

Matthew Whitaker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, told the Berlin Security Conference earlier this month that he hoped a German would become Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), overseeing the alliance’s military activities in Europe, a role that has been held by an American since NATO’s inception.

NATO is to transfer defence planning for Denmark, Sweden and Finland from Brunssum in the Netherlands to Norfolk in the US state of Virginia, the supreme allied commander in Europe, General Alexus G Grynkewich,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was expected to miss Wednesday's meeting, which will unfold during high-stakes negotiations in Moscow and in Europe about Ukraine's future.

This week, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on his recent interview with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Putin also claimed that Zelensky’s European allies have pushed for demands that are “absolutely unacceptable."

BRUSSELS - However Donald Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine pans out, Europe fears the prospect of a deal – sooner or later – that will not punish or weaken Russia as its leaders had hoped, placing the continent’s security in greater jeopardy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country is prepared to fight against European nations, many of which are part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in a comments to reporters on Tuesday.