In a speech in Berlin, Rutte said too many allies of the military alliance did not feel the urgency of Russia's threat in Europe and that they must rapidly increase defence spending and production to prevent a war on the scale of that seen by past generations.

Ukraine's special forces on Friday said it hit two Russian ships transporting weapons and military equipment in Caspian sea off the coast of Russia. Although the forces did not give any information on how they had hit the vessels,