NATO chief Mark Rutte on Tuesday called on Western countries to ramp up support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion, saying Kyiv required more than just being kept "in the fight".

During a meeting in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned that Russia, in collaboration with China, North Korea, and Iran, poses a threat to Europe, the Indo-Pacific region,

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for US ambassador to the United Nations, is now refusing to stand by her previous push for Ukraine’s NATO membership — a stance she once framed as critical to regional stability.

When asked about the matter again by CNN after Trump tapped her for the U.N. job, Stefanik's office said the Congresswoman's views fully align with those of the president-elect, without going into details.

Donald Trump is set to select New York Representative Elise Stefanik as the US ambassador to the United Nations, according to reports. The 40-year-old GOP lawmaker is said to have accepted the president-elect’s offer after Trump made a statement to the New York Post on Sunday evening.