"As Russian President Vladimir Putin said, the response will be crushing," he stressed.

On Thursday, the Russian president said that Moscow would never succumb to pressure from the United States or any other country and warned that it would give a"crushing" response to any military strikes deep inside Russia.

Today, October 26, Putin announced that Russia had successfully tested its Burevestnik cruise missile, which Russian officials say can evade any defense system. As a result, Moscow intends to deploy the weapon.

Earlier, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that Putin was running out of money, soldiers and ideas in the war against Ukraine. According to him, in Ukraine, the Russian president is achieving little on the battlefield, and the small victories are being achieved at a huge cost.

"Hundreds of thousands of Russians are dying because of Putin's deceitful aggression. Ukraine continues to defend itself bravely, and our support for it is yielding results. The truth is that Putin is running out of money, soldiers and ideas," Rutte said.

The Times columnist Mark Urban said Putin believes he can win. He suggested that this is likely due to the Russian president being given an overly optimistic view of the situation, but given Russia's willingness to take huge losses, it still has the advantage on the battlefield.