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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Tuesday called for stronger support for Ukraine as Russian pressure intensifies on the country’s eastern front. Rutte emphasized the need to “do more than just keep Ukraine in the fight,” shortly before meeting French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. “We need to raise the cost for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and his enabling authoritarian friends, by providing Ukraine with the support it needs to change the trajectory of the conflict,” Rutte said, according to a NATO press statement. He also emphasized the long-term commitment required from Wester…