NATO's Rutte says nuclear drills showed alliance has strong deterrent


NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte talks at the press conference during his visit in Slovenia, in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic

BERLIN (Reuters) -NATO chief Mark Rutte said the success earlier this month of the military alliance's annual nuclear exercise gave him "absolute confidence in the credibility of NATO's nuclear deterrence" in the face of Russian threats.

"When Russia is using dangerous and recklessnuclear rhetoric, our populations must know that there is no need to panic, because NATO has a strong nuclear deterrent," he was quoted as saying by German weekly Welt am Sonntag.

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