{"id":1272745,"date":"2025-12-19T01:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1272745"},"modified":"2025-12-18T19:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:33:29","slug":"nato-secretary-general-highlights-poland-s-critically-important-support-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/nato-secretary-general-highlights-poland-s-critically-important-support-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Secretary General Highlights Poland\u2019s \u201cCritically Important\u201d Support for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Poland continues to provide Ukraine with crucial military aid<\/strong> while significantly enhancing its own defense capabilities within NATO, NATO Secretary General <strong>Mark Rutte<\/strong> said during a joint press conference with Polish Defense Minister <strong>W\u0142adys\u0142aw Kosiniak-Kamysz<\/strong> in Warsaw,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutte thanked NATO troops stationed in Poland, noting that forces from <strong>Romania, Croatia, the UK, and Poland<\/strong> are deployed at the base he visited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe forward-deployed land forces here are just one example of how allies come together in service of our collective security. This also reflects Poland\u2019s numerous contributions to our collective deterrence and defense on land, at sea, and in the air,\u201d Rutte said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>He praised Poland\u2019s commitment to <strong>increase its military by 300,000 personnel by 2035<\/strong> and to invest <strong>over 4.5% of GDP in defense<\/strong>, with the figure set to rise in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutte also highlighted Poland\u2019s <strong>\u201ccritically important support for Ukraine\u201d<\/strong>, noting that since the full-scale Russian invasion, Warsaw has provided <strong>over \u20ac4 billion in military aid<\/strong> to Kyiv, including <strong>$100 million for the PURL initiative<\/strong>, and has hosted numerous Ukrainian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Poland hosts <strong>a key military logistics hub for Ukraine<\/strong> and the <strong>NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Center (JATEC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNATO is united and ready to deter aggression, protect our freedom and security, and continue our vital support to Ukraine,\u201d Rutte concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>President <strong>Volodymyr Zelensk<strong>y<\/strong>y<\/strong> is scheduled to visit Poland on <strong>Friday, 19 December<\/strong>, where he will meet with <strong>Karol Nawrocki<\/strong> to discuss security, economic, and historical issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For context, Rutte previously warned that a <strong>multi-layered security guarantee for Ukraine<\/strong> must be comprehensive and send a clear signal to Russia that any renewed aggression would have devastating consequences for the Kremlin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland continues to provide Ukraine with crucial military aid while significantly enhancing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1272746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1272745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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