NATO Urges Sustained Ukraine Support and Bolsters Eastern Flank Defense

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged allies to maintain military support for Ukraine, noting over $10 billion in funding through NATO's PURL mechanism and US Foreign Military Sales in the past year. Concurrently, a new Dutch-German unit has been established to bolster NATO's Baltic defense, with Germany also permanently basing an armored brigade in Lithuania, reflecting increased concerns over Russian aggression and the need for faster reinforcement on the Alliance's eastern flank.