Russia now produces in three months what NATO countries collectively manufacture in a year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in a speech at Chatham House in London.
“The capabilities of Putin’s war machine are speeding up, not slowing down,” Rutte warned. “Russia is rebuilding its forces using Chinese technology and producing more weapons faster than we expected.”
According to Rutte, Russia is expanding its military capacity with support from China, Iran, and North Korea. This year, it is expected to produce 1,500 tanks, 3,000 armored vehicles, and 200 Iskander missiles.
“Russia could be ready to use military force against NATO within five years,” he said. “Let’s not kid ourselves. We are all on the eastern flank now.”
He emphasized that new Russian missiles move at supersonic speeds, reducing the time between European capitals to just minutes. “There is no longer east or west—there is just NATO,” Rutte added.
Asked whether a ceasefire in Ukraine might give Russia time to stockpile more weapons and increase the threat to NATO, Rutte replied: “That’s a statement of fact.”
He said that while the war in Ukraine continues, Russia is still managing to slightly grow its stockpiles—though how much is debatable.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 led many European countries to raise defense spending after decades of post–Cold War disarmament.
The urgency has grown as the U.S. signals a possible reduction in its military presence in Europe, with President Donald Trump prioritizing the Asia-Pacific region.
Ukrainian intelligence chief Oleh Ivashchenko recently warned that Russia could replenish its forces within two to four years of the war's end, enabling renewed aggression against Europe.
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Zohran Mamdani made history on 4 November, 2025, when he won New York City's mayoral election, becoming the city's first Muslim mayor, first South Asian mayor, and youngest mayor in over a century.
The U.S. Senate has blocked a Republican-backed funding bill for the 14th time, as the government shutdown reached 35 days on Tuesday — tying the longest in U.S. history.
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday said that last week's Hurricane Melissa, the strongest-ever storm to hit its shores, caused damage to homes and key infrastructure roughly equivalent to 28% to 32% of last year's gross domestic product.
A UPS cargo jet burst into flames and crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport on 4 November, killing at least seven people and injuring 11 others.
Russia said on Monday that its troops had advanced in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that they have been trying to capture for over a year, but Ukraine said its forces were holding on.
At least 37 people have died and five are missing after devastating floods and landslides hit central Vietnam, officials said Monday, as a new typhoon threatens to worsen the disaster.
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan vowed on Monday to move on from deadly protests set off by last week's disputed election as she was sworn into office for her first elected term.
The eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk has emerged as a critical point in Russia’s campaign to seize the remaining Ukrainian-held parts of Donetsk, and its fate could shape the course of the conflict in the region.
Israel’s top military legal officer Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned last week, has been arrested over the leak of a video showing soldiers brutally assaulting a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman military prison.
A wheat-loaded train has travelled to Armenia through Azerbaijan, APA reports, following President Ilham Aliyev’s announcement in Kazakhstan about lifting all post-occupation restrictions on cargo transit to Armenia.
Within the framework of the 'Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty,' and on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Azerbaijani National Press, the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs has awarded the winners of its journalists’ competition.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced a major acceleration in Türkiye’s defence ambitions, pledging to move forward rapidly with homegrown projects and strengthen cooperation with Europe.
Israel’s top military legal officer Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned last week, has been arrested over the leak of a video showing soldiers brutally assaulting a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman military prison.
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