{"id":1391689,"date":"2026-06-21T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1391689"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:48:17","slug":"russia-s-military-spending-reaches-48-of-state-budget-rutte-urges-nato-to-strengthen-deterrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-s-military-spending-reaches-48-of-state-budget-rutte-urges-nato-to-strengthen-deterrence\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s Military Spending Reaches 48% of State Budget: Rutte Urges NATO to Strengthen Deterrence"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Russia is rapidly increasing its military spending, which now accounts for 48% of the country&#8217;s state budget. NATO Secretary General <strong>Mark Rutte<\/strong> made the statement during a press conference following a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIf you look at Russia more broadly, do not forget that the latest figures coming out of Russia show that currently 48% of the entire state budget is being spent on defense. This means that of the tax revenues Moscow receives, around 75% is now being spent on defense. These are staggering figures,\u201d Rutte said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>He stressed that Allies should not be naive about Russia and called for increased defense spending and military capabilities in response to the ongoing threat. At the same time, Rutte said that the biggest mistake Russia could make would be attempting to attack a NATO member state.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cRussia is not larger than Belgium and the Netherlands combined. And they know that we are very strong as NATO. And they know they cannot defeat us. Therefore, we will do everything to make sure they understand that it would be their greatest mistake if they tried. According to open-source assessments from various intelligence services across Europe, Russia could rebuild its forces and be ready to attack by 2029. We must ensure that we are strong today, and even stronger tomorrow, stronger in 2027 and in 2031, so that they know it is better not even to try,\u201d the NATO chief emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Rutte also noted that everything possible must be done to ensure Ukraine remains as strong as possible in this struggle.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/hegseth-highlights-progress-of-the-purl-initiative-and-ukraine-s-battlefield-achievements\/\">Hegseth Highlights \u201cProgress\u201d of the PURL Initiative and Ukraine\u2019s Battlefield Achievements<\/a><\/p>\n   <p>Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed strengthening Ukraine\u2019s air defense system, expanding contributions to the PURL program, and Europe\u2019s overall position during a meeting in Brussels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia is rapidly increasing its military spending, which now accounts for 48% &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1263706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,49,36415,36422,53,55,50,36537],"tags":[72926,72928,76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1391689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-ukraine","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-russia-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-4","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid","tag-sanctions-on-russia","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia&#039;s Military Spending Reaches 48% of State Budget: Rutte Urges NATO to Strengthen Deterrence - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-s-military-spending-reaches-48-of-state-budget-rutte-urges-nato-to-strengthen-deterrence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia&#039;s Military Spending Reaches 48% of State Budget: Rutte Urges NATO to Strengthen Deterrence - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russia is rapidly increasing its military spending, which now accounts for 48% ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-s-military-spending-reaches-48-of-state-budget-rutte-urges-nato-to-strengthen-deterrence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-21T15:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/161-1-820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-s-military-spending-reaches-48-of-state-budget-rutte-urges-nato-to-strengthen-deterrence\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-s-military-spending-reaches-48-of-state-budget-rutte-urges-nato-to-strengthen-deterrence\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Russia&#8217;s Military Spending Reaches 48% of State Budget: Rutte Urges NATO to Strengthen Deterrence\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-21T15:44:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-s-military-spending-reaches-48-of-state-budget-rutte-urges-nato-to-strengthen-deterrence\/\"},\"wordCount\":320,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-s-military-spending-reaches-48-of-state-budget-rutte-urges-nato-to-strengthen-deterrence\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/161-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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