European members of NATO are discussing raising the military alliance's defense spending target to 3% of GDP from the current 2%, the Financial Times reported, citing four people involved in the preliminary talks.

Four members of the alliance are in discussion to increase military expenditure during the 2025 summit in June.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next.

The Foreign Ministry spokesperson said comments supporting Ukraine's admission were "deepening the split in the European space."

It is time to shift to a wartime mindset,” Mark Rutte told security experts and analysts at the Carnegie Europe think-tank in Brussels.