NATO chief says Russia must “dance tango” for peace in Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte believes that Russia must take steps towards a peaceful resolution of the war it started against Ukraine. Source: Rutte in an interview with CBS News, as reported by European Pravda Details: Rutte acknowledged the efforts of US President Donald Trump's administration to achieve peace in Ukraine, which, in his words, is "trying, step-by-step, to get to a situation where this war can end".

"But of course, the Russians also have to dance the tango, and at this moment they don't seem to do so, and then it will be difficult," he said.

Rutte stated that "the ball clearly is in the court of the Russians". "They are not moving fast enough, is my impression, including the impression I'm getting from my American interlocutors, that Russia really has to do more to bring this war to an end," Rutte added.

He also believes that Ukraine is "really close to the American position". "But I am completely supporting that effort, because this war of protection, it was unsustainable in the long term, so many people dying, so much of the Ukrainian infrastructure being damaged, cities being destroyed.

This got to end," Rutte noted. Background: Earlier, Rutte defended the statements made by the US administration under Donald Trump regarding Ukraine's accession to NATO.

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