U.S. warns Russia it will “impose costs” if Ukraine war doesn’t end

The United States has issued a new warning to Russia about its war with Ukraine. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U-S will “impose costs” on Russia if the Ukraine war does not end. At a meeting in Brussels, he told Ukraine’s Western backers that “if there is no path to peace in the short term, then the United States, along with our allies, will take the steps necessary to impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression.” Hegseth warned that the U-S military stands ready to do its part in ways that, in his words, “only the United States can do.”