BERLIN: A NATO summit next week in Turkiye will see NATO allies commit to providing sustainable, long-term security assistance for Ukraine, said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. “Allies will commit to providing sustainable and predictable, long-term security assistance for Ukraine,” said Rutte, at a news conference held alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and German defense minister Boris Pistorius. Rutte added that NATO’s message to the defense industry was to “scale up” and that next week’s summit would focus on turning extra spending into combat-ready capabilities.

The allies should agree to station full-strength combat brigades in each of the Baltic states to deter possible Russian aggression.

The secretary general said the alliance will be "a stronger European-led NATO"