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NATO chief Rutte says reaching deal to end war will require tough choices

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered a sobering message on Tuesday, warning that any peace deal to end the war in Ukraine will require "tough choices" from Kyiv.

Reuters WORLD
Published February 03,2026
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Reaching ⁠a peace deal to end Russia's ‍war in Ukraine ‌will ‍require tough choices, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday.

In an address to Ukraine's ⁠parliament during a visit to the capital Kyiv, Rutte, who was speaking ‌through a translator, said that the PURL weapons purchasing ‍program ‍is supplying ‍90% of Ukraine's ⁠air ‍defence missiles.