NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to "wipe Ukraine off the map" and could come after other parts of Europe next.

NATO Chief Mark Rutte expressed concern of potential peace negotiations in the nearly three-year-long Russia-Ukraine war taking place without President Vladimir Putin “at the table,”

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to "wipe Ukraine off the map."

NATO head Mark Rutte warned the U.S.-led transatlantic alliance on Thursday that it was not ready for the threats it would face from Russia in the coming years and called for a shift to a wartime mindset - with much higher defence spending.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Dec. 12 that the alliance is not ready for the threats it will face from Russia in the coming years, urging a shift to a wartime mindset with significantly higher defense spending.

Britain and other members of Nato have been urged to shift to a ‘wartime mindset’ amid the ongoing threats from Russia. In one of his most dire warnings since heading the military alliance, Mark Rutte admitted that the global security situation is the ‘worst in his lifetime.