NATO Sec. Gen. Rutte Avoids Answering if Russia Is Still Demanding for Ukraine to Drop its Bid to Join NATO

BRENNAN: “You have been on these calls with President Trump. And I know that he briefed you on what envoy Witkoff discussed with Vladimir Putin this week. Can you tell us, is Russia still demanding that Ukraine drop its bid for NATO membership?”
RUTTE: “Well, obviously, I cannot go into all the details. That would be strange. But let me assure you the following: that we are all on the same page, the Americans, the Europeans, and Ukraine, that when it comes to the geostrategic position of Ukraine in the future, when it comes to whatever is the size of the Ukrainian military, when it comes to NATO’s posture on the eastern flank in countries like Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Poland, that Putin has absolutely no say on any of these issues.”