NATO’s new Secretary General Mark Rutte emphasized the need for increased support for Ukraine and condemned Russia’s use of North Korean troops and weapons, Iranian drones, and Chinese dual-use goods on a visit to Athens.

Summary

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called for greater support for Ukraine and condemned Russia for escalating the war by deploying North Korean troops, Iranian drones, and Chinese dual-use goods.

Speaking in Greece, Rutte praised Greek contributions, including weapons, ammunition, and F-16 pilot training, while urging NATO allies to boost defense investments.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighted Greece’s high defense spending and pushed for EU budget rule changes to allow for increased military funding.

Rutte’s visit faced protests in Athens, with demonstrators opposing NATO’s role and calling for investments in public services instead.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    30 days ago

    To the anti war people, Russias not stopping until they are stopped.

    To the EU, not our problem people… If this snowball keeps rolling the cost of housing refugees from Putin’s next wars will grow exponentially until we need to also start paying with bodies.

    To the American isolationists, your country played hegemon and rattled this cage for decades now, tucking your tail and run, letting everyone fend for themselves and clean up your mess… is what caused 9/11… fuck over enough people and those chickens will come home to roost again. If you burn all your allies… their intell will be unavailable.

    • P1k1e@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      30 days ago

      I haven’t looked but I dbout there’s a lot of American isolationists on Lemmy

  • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
    73·
    30 days ago

    people don’t want to see Russia annex Ukraine, but then they protest the one thing keeping Ukraine alive. 😕

      • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
        3·
        29 days ago

        I dont think the majority of the people at these protests want to see Ukraine annexed. In Sweden we have parties who protest NATO but also want Ukraine to get Crimea back. You even see it in Ukraine, where half of Ukrainians in 2024 want to negotiate an end to the war, but would never accept a deal that concedes Crimea, making the whole idea of negotiation with Russia insane. Most uninformed voters want to their cake and eat it too.