NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, after meeting with Donald Trump, stated that "Ukrainians are really playing ball, and I think the ball is clearly in the Russian court now." Rutte denied that his visit was intended to dissuade Trump from forcing Ukraine into an unfavorable agreement.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte was travelling to Washington on Thursday for talks with senior members of the US administration, the NATO alliance and the US State Department announced. Rutte was scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio,

Ukraine's NATO accession is an irreversible process. However, it should not be linked to a potential peace agreement in the Russo-Ukrainian war, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated this in an interview during the national telethon live broadcast.