NATO chief warns that the alliance can’t afford to not back Ukraine as Trump snatches a White House win [Video]

Former president Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election on Wednesday has amplified long-standing concerns about the future of American support for Ukraine as the grinding war against Russia continues.

Against this backdrop, the head of NATO is warning that the military alliance can’t afford to stop providing Kyiv with the security assistance it needs to fight the Russians. The Ukrainian defenders are facing a precarious moment in the war as Moscow’s troops gain momentum in the east and the arrival of North Korean troops signals, as NATO leadership said, that “darker” times may lie ahead.

“Since the start of Russia’s full-fledged invasion, NATO allies have provided more than 99 percent of all military support to Ukraine,” Mark Rutte, the former Dutch prime minister who became NATO’s secretary general in October, wrote in an op-ed published by POLITICO on Wednesday.

“And we’re on track to deliver on the financial pledge of 40 billion in military aid to Ukraine this …