NATO head Mark Rutte warned the U.S.-led transatlantic alliance on Thursday that it was not ready for the threats it would face from Russia in the coming years and called for a shift to a wartime mindset - with much higher defence spending.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte urged Europeans and Canadians to start calling on their governments to raise defense spending.

NATO chief Mark Rutte issued a stark warning Thursday to "turbo-charge" defence spending, saying European nations were not prepared for the threat of future war with Russia. And turbo-charge our defence production and defence spending.