Kurt Volker to Newsmax: Putin Weak; NATO Must Expand Air Defense Zone

Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker told Newsmax on Friday that he fully supports NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte’s warning to Russia over repeated violations of allied airspace, calling the incursions “unacceptable” and “intentional” acts designed to test NATO’s resolve.

Rutte condemned a continuing series of Russian airspace incursions over NATO territory Thursday, and he said on Newsmax that Moscow’s actions present an ever-growing risk to European security.

Volker, the U.S. special envoy to Ukraine in President Donald Trump’s first term,  told “American Agenda” the pattern of Russian military flights and drone operations into NATO airspace leaves “no doubt” about Moscow’s intent.

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