NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned that Brazil, China and India will face secondary sanctions from the US if Russia doesn’t negotiate a peace deal with Ukraine, and said they should lean on President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire.

Russia continued its nightly bombardment of Ukrainian cities overnight into Tuesday, after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would send military equipment to Kyiv.

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Some conservative members of Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement have reacted angrily to the president's plans to sell weapons to Nato, arguing it is a betrayal of his promise to end US involvement in foreign wars.

Mark Rutte warned the leaders of China, India, and Brazil that if they continued trading with Russia and buying its oil and gas, he would impose 100 percent secondary sanctions. He urged leaders to call Russian President Vladimir Putin in order to push him to seriously join peace talks.

As Trump demands a deal to end the Ukraine war in 50 days, Russia's deputy foreign minister says "demands, especially ultimatums, are unacceptable."

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker joins the ‘Brian Kilmeade Show’ to discuss President Donald Trump’s updated strategy for the Russia-Ukraine war and what it could mean for the path to peace.

Trump said the United States would put secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if a peace deal is not reached in 50 days.

President Trump has effectively handed Vladimir Putin an extraordinary green light: 50 days to finish off his brutal summer offensive in Ukraine before facing any consequences.

Trump also revealed that Putin had recently offered to assist in mediating between Israel and Iran during their brief June conflict — an offer he declined. “I said, ‘No, no, you help me get a settlement with you, with Russia,’” Trump recounted. “And I think we're going to be doing that too.”

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Donald Trump’s remarks on Ukraine on Monday were far from the biggest announcement the US president could have made.