The loss of Kiev will cost NATO not the additional billions of dollars that the alliance allocates for military needs now, but additional trillions of dollars, said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte,

Mark Rutte, incoming secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), during a transition ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Mark Rutte, the affable and meticulous former Dutch premier, has a daunting task ahead to keep the defense alliance a global force.