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Posted on October 24, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleU.S. sanctions on Russia increase pressure on Putin, says NATO's Rutte, as NATO continues supporting Ukraine.
LONDON (Reuters) -The new sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia will put more pressure on President Vladimir Putin, who is running out of money, troops and ideas, NATO chief Mark Rutte told reporters on Friday.
"Our support to Ukraine is working," Rutte said, adding that Putin is making marginal gains on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Rutte travelled to London to meet with leaders of the "Coalition of the Willing", a group of countries supporting Ukraine.
(Reporting by Inti Landauro and Sudip Kar-Gupta;Editing by Lili Bayer)
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