NATO chief Mark Rutte urged member states to produce more weapons and ammunition as he affirmed the alliance is on track to meet a €40 billion ($44 billion) spending target this year for Ukraine.
The new secretary general of NATO urged a new focus on scaling up defense production, including equipment for land, air and sea, as well as shells. At the same time, NATO is set to meet a spending pledge after committing €20.9 billion in the first half, he said.
"We need to move further and faster to meet the growing threats we face,” Rutte told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday ahead of the first meeting of NATO defense ministers during his tenure.
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