NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte pressed allies to sustain military support for Ukraine at a Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting co-chaired by the UK and Germany, as funding through NATO’s PURL mechanism passed $10 billion over the past year. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called on allies to keep stepping up support for Ukraine at a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group on 8 September 2026, co-chaired by the United Kingdom and Germany. Rutte used the meeting to welcome recent pledges of military assistance aimed at helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian attacks, including air strikes. Rutte told the…
