The new NATO Secretary General stopped short of labelling Russia an enemy but suggested to reporters that the alliance is moving away from any hopes of future partnership.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced that the next meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council is scheduled for Oct. 17. The meeting will bring together defense ministers from NATO member states alongside Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.

NATO's next boss, Mark Rutte, will need all the coalition-building skills he honed as Dutch prime minister to hold the Western alliance together amid war in Ukraine, fears over Moscow's next move and political uncertainty in Washington.

"The message (to Russian President Vladimir Putin) is that we will continue, that we will do what's necessary to make sure that he will not get his way, that Ukraine will prevail," Mark Rutte said during a joint interview with Reuters and German radio Hessischer Rundfunk on Oct.

NATO chief Mark Rutte said he was aware of the details of Ukraine's "victory plan" that was presented by the country's president on Wednesday, and that he was in touch with the alliance's member countries on the next steps.

NATO will not be cowed by Russian threats but keep up its strong support of Kyiv, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on his first visit to the alliance's Ukraine mission in Wiesbaden, set to take over the coordination of military aid from the U.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said that the Alliance will not be intimidated by Russia's threats and that Ukraine will continue to receive assistance. Source: Reuters; European Pravda reports Details: In a speech at Clay Barracks,

"NATO will not be cowed by Russian threats but keep up its strong support of Kyiv," said the new NATO Secretary General. He addressed Vladimir Putin, emphasizing that the Alliance can face any threat.

"We will not be intimidated," said the new NATO Secretary General, who addressed Vladimir Putin. He stressed that the Alliance is capable of facing any threat. "NATO will not be intimidated by Russian threats and will maintain strong support for Kyiv,