Rutte names condition under which NATO will shoot down russian planes for violating its space

NATO will shoot down russian planes that violate the air borders of its member states and pose a security threat. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stated this in an interview with Fox News.

Rutte clarified that russian planes that violate the space but do not pose a threat will only be "intercepted and withdrawn." According to him, during previous incidents, NATO acted according to the plan.

"We have been preparing and training for this," he said.

The NATO Secretary General also called Donald Trump a "true peacemaker", supporting his diplomatic efforts to stop russian aggression against Ukraine.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Mark Rutte said that shooting down russian planes would be a weakness of NATO. The North Atlantic Alliance is much stronger than the aggressor country russia, so it responds proportionately to the intrusion of russian planes without shooting them down.

On September 23, US President Donald Trump said that North Atlantic Alliance member states should shoot down planes of the aggressor country russia that violate their airspace.

On September 23, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that NATO would not shoot down russian planes if they did not attack NATO members.

On September 25, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte supported US President Donald Trump's statement that NATO member states should "if necessary" shoot down drones and aircraft of the aggressor country russia.