US continues to provide Ukraine with intelligence and supplies weapons through European allies — Rutte

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that the United States continues to provide Ukraine with the necessary intelligence and weapons via European partners.

He said this in an interview with CBS, Ukrinform reports.

Responding to a journalist's remark that President Trump compared Russia's support for Iran to the provision of U.S. intelligence to Ukraine, Rutte said: "Then on Ukraine, it is again the U.S. providing critical intelligence support and weapons flow, working together with Europeans to secure Ukraine's fight against the Russians, making sure they have what they need."

Answering a question about the lifting of sanctions on Russian oil and the benefits for Putin from the Iran war, the NATO chief noted that this is a necessary step on the part of the U.S. president.

"Well, this is the thing the president has to balance all these different interests," he said. "I know that he is with his team, with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio. They are constantly working with the Ukrainians to put maximum pressure on the Russians to come to a deal." Rutte added that he had spoken with President Zelensky for an hour and a half in London. "He wants to get the deal done, and we have to make sure that we also take this to the Russians, to make sure that they are willing to play ball," the NATO chief noted.

According to him, it is Trump who is "putting that pressure together with the Europeans": "I'm not going to comment on each element of what is happening here, but his effort to bring the war in Ukraine to a successful end is crucial."

The NATO Secretary General added that Trump "was the only one who was able to break the death lock with Putin" and "has consistently, with his team, done what is necessary to put that pressure, of course, on the Ukrainians, and they want to play ball." "They show this. They want to end the war, and are also with the Russians," Rutte concluded.

As reported by Ukrinform, Rutte also expressed support for U.S. military actions in Iran and assured that NATO countries always demonstrate unity.

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