NATO Secretary General Rutte arrives in Ukraine

Tuesday, 3 February 2026 — Olha Kovalchuk

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit.

Zelenskyy published a video from Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square in Kyiv), where he and Rutte honoured the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders.

Mark Rutte also spoke in Kyiv at the opening of the 15th session of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) of Ukraine.

Maidan Nezalezhnosti. The People’s Memorial of National Remembrance. A memorial honoring our heroes, warriors, our people who defended Ukraine against the enemy, fought, and made the ultimate sacrifice in this war.

Together with @SecGenNATO Mark Rutte, we honored the memory of… pic.twitter.com/ugWsJChlAV

– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 3, 2026

Notably, Rutte arrived in Ukraine after Russia carried out a combined strike on Ukraine overnight.

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