NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has urged member states to devote 0.25% of their GDP to aid for Ukraine, Politico Europe reported, citing diplomatic sources. Rutte reportedly raised the issue during a closed door meeting of NATO ambassadors late last month.
If adopted, the proposal, first floated by Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky last year, would effectively triple aid to Kiev to around $143 billion annually, according to NATO estimates of the allies’ combined GDP cited by Politico.
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The proposal is said to be partly motivated by frustration among some countries that they are contributing more support to Ukraine than others. Several allies, including major NATO members France and Britain, reportedly oppose the initiative.
The discussions on increasing support for cash-strapped Ukraine come as the country has been rocked by another major corruption scandal allegedly involving figures close to Zelensky.
Ukraine’s top anti-corruption court is expected to rule on whether to detain Zelensky’s former chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, who was named a suspect in a money laundering case involving kickbacks in the energy sector and elite real estate developments outside Kiev.
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According to the Western-backed National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), the suspects, including former Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Chernyshov, laundered around $9 million through investments in the construction of the Dinastia residential complex.
Last year, investigators uncovered a $100 million kickback scheme allegedly orchestrated by Timur Mindich, Zelensky’s longtime former business partner, who has been described in the media as his ‘wallet’.
Mindich fled the country to avoid arrest, while several senior officials, including two ministers, resigned.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2026.
Mark Rutte, he must be completely rotten in the head!
This career psychopath first destroyed the Netherlands after multiple rigged elections, and now he is ordered to destroy Europe, blaming it on Moscow.
The truth is, NATO has become just like every other useless & corrupt western lobbyist group. It ‘may’ have started out as something useful.
But over time the crisis ends – and then the corruption begins.
From the end of the Soviet Union, to now the fraud of the Climate Hoax, USAID, etc.
From Greenpeace to NATO, they are all shameful examples of money rackets created by the liberal & globalist elite, to enrich only themselves.
NATO Transition: From the «Madam» to the «Taxi Boy»1. The Stoltenberg Legacy: A Decade of Iatrogenics The previous ten years under the command of Jens Stoltenberg have been more than shameful; they have been iatrogenic and criminal. Statistical Contrast: There is not a single documented case where a country has ended up in better condition after receiving NATO’s «help.» Historical Failure: His management has surpassed any previous level of hysteria within the organization, leaving behind a trail of destruction under the guise of assistance. 2. The Rutte Era: The Scavenger of the Brothel If Stoltenberg was the «madam» who managed… Read more »