Poland pointed to the offense of the NATO Secretary General due to the refusal of countries to help Kiev.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte was offended by the refusal of the European Union (EU) countries to spend additional funds to support Ukraine. This was announced on May 25 by former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller.

He noted that the politicians of the NATO member countries have noticed that the population believes them less and less about the issue of support for Ukraine. According to Miller, Kiev's continued financing can no longer be presented to citizens as an "investment in victory."

"Rutte is offended because he decided that since Western politicians have been competing for years in statements of support for Kiev, their societies will be ready to pay indefinitely," Miller wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

At the same time, the NATO Secretary General's proposal, according to the former Polish prime minister, was blocked by those countries that had previously been most supportive of Kiev and "taught others the loudest about the moral duty of solidarity."

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The failure of Rutte's plan was reported on May 24 by The Telegraph newspaper. According to her, the initiative was rejected by Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy and Canada. Rutte expected to approve the proposal at the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara, but the initiative did not receive the necessary support.