UN Sec. Gen. Rutte to Newsmax: Russia’s Reckless Air Provocations ‘Unacceptable’

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Thursday on Newsmax that recent Russian military incursions into allied airspace were either intentional provocations or reckless incompetence, warning that such actions are “unacceptable” and must end.

Rutte condemned the continuing series of Russian airspace incursions over NATO territory on Newsmax’s “The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” saying that Moscow’s actions present an ever-growing risk to European security.

“Well, we are still assessing whether it is intentional,” Rutte said. “But even if it is not intentional, then it is blatantly incompetent, and it is reckless.”