The new NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stated the need to support Ukraine and bring it closer to membership in the Alliance. He emphasized that without an independent and strong Ukraine, there would be no reliable security in Europe. Rutte emphasizes the need to ensure the safety of NATO countries’ people, stating that they would continue supporting Ukraine and bringing it closer to NATO. He explains that there would be no reliable security in Europe without a strong, independent Ukraine, drawing from his own experience in 2014 when the MH-17 plane was shot down near the front line. He …