Dutch PM Rutte Says There’s ‘Political Space’ to Arm Ukraine

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte raised the option of providing Ukraine with defensive weapons and said any European Union sanctions in response to a Russian invasion would be severe.

“We have political space to pursue stringent sanctions and the possibility, if those requests would come, to help defensively with weapons,” Rutte said at a press conference on Friday. “The retaliation, with sanctions and everything else we can come up with, will be big.”