US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has warned Vladimir Putin that the US and its allies will "impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression" if it does not come to the table to end the war in Ukraine.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Moscow on Wednesday that the United States and its allies would "impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression" if the war in Ukraine does not come to an end.

A Ukrainian government delegation has met with prominent American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit, a senior Kyiv official said Wednesday, before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that the United States and its allies are ready to take further action against Russia if the war in Ukraine continues, emphasizing that Washington “stands ready” to impose costs on Moscow.

The US could deliver spare military capability to Ukraine to help the war-battered nation bolster its battlefield position against Russia and bring President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, a senior American diplomat said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged NATO countries to boost Ukraine support with American weaponry to increase chances of ending the war with Russia.

Kyiv has pitched Washington on ways it could help the US replace Russia in oil sales to Europe — as President Trump pushes the continent to divest from Moscow’s energy sector to end

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said “firepower” is coming to Ukraine through European nations’ purchases of US weapons, but whether that includes American-made Tomahawk missiles is still not clear.