The Daily Populous Monday October 27th, 2025 night edition
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stated that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is running out of resources to continue the war against Ukraine.

Source: Rutte at a press conference following the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in London

Details: Rutte believes the situation on the line of contact shows the ineffectiveness of Russia's strategy and the enormous price that they are paying for minor advances.

Quote: "In Ukraine, Putin is gaining little new ground on the battlefield – and where there are marginal gains they are coming at a huge price. Hundreds of thousands of Russians are dying for Putin's deluded aggression. Ukraine continues defending itself bravely and our support to them is working. The truth is that Putin is running out of money, troops and ideas."

Details: Rutte stressed that the time has come to increase pressure on Russia to achieve a just peace. In this context, he welcomed the recent announcements by European allies and Canada on providing additional military assistance to Ukraine and the approval of the 19th package of sanctions.

"The developments on the battlefield show that our support to Ukraine is working, and we need to keep it up. We need to pair this support with sanctions and economic pressure [on Russia]," he emphasised.

Rutte is optimistic regarding Western unity, mentioning "good discussions" this week in Washington, Brussels and London, which in his view indicate movement in the right direction to end the war.

Background: On 13 October, Rutte mocked the state of the Russian navy, noting that Moscow's naval presence in the Mediterranean had virtually vanished.

Onyx_Sentinel on October 26th, 2025 at 17:40 UTC »

He‘s run out of ideas years ago. All he‘s doing is throw bodies at the frontlines. With no progress. He is now ramping up drone usage and production, but ukraine is ahead in the drone game. There is probably no country on earth as well versed in drone combat as ukraine.

Far_Out_6and_2 on October 26th, 2025 at 17:34 UTC »

He is still destroying Ukraine’s citys and wreaking havoc on the Ukrainian people, this must be stopped

reano76 on October 26th, 2025 at 17:24 UTC »

He started with all the troops all the gear and no idea. Now he has no troops, no gear, and still no idea. He's a dead man walking