Nato chief says ‘time to shift to wartime mindset’ amid warning over Putin

Nato secretary seneral Mark Rutte noted that defence spending has risen sharply in Europe (Virginia Mayo/AP)

Nato secretary general Mark Rutte has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next, as he urged Europeans to press their governments to ramp up defence spending.

“It is time to shift to a wartime mindset,” Mr Rutte told security experts and analysts at the Carnegie Europe think tank in Brussels.