MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned India, China, and Brazil of potential secondary sanctions if they continue trade with Russia. Rutte urged these nations to pressure Putin for peace talks.

The words came just 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump, who is back in the global spotlight, announced a sweeping new weapons package for Ukraine.

Rutte warned Brazil, China, and India of harsh secondary sanctions for doing business with Russia. Trump announced new weapons for Ukraine and threatened tariffs on Russian exports if no peace deal is reached within 50 days.

Armenia and Russia dismissed the accusations but now HUR has released a document that they say prove it, saying it was an "order from the commander of the troops of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces on the replenishment of the Russian military base in Armenia.

President Trump is set to meet with NATO's secretary general amid plans to pass weapons to Ukraine through NATO's allies.

President Trump discussed how he came to give up on negotiating with Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House on Monday, as the U.S. agrees to sell new and more weapons to Europe and Ukraine.