Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Wednesday that the U.S. will “impose costs” on Russia if there is “no path to peace in the short term” in Moscow’s war with Ukraine.  “If there is no

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BRUSSELS — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday warned the U.S. will “impose costs on Russia” if it does not seek to end the Ukraine war, his strongest criticism yet of Moscow and a signal of the administration’s increasing support for Kyiv.

The EU has offered to use part of a proposed €140bn loan backed by Russia’s frozen assets to buy US weapons for Ukraine, provided Washington keeps supporting Kyiv in defending itself against Russia.

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The assault comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares for a White House meeting with President Donald Trump, where he is set to request more American -made air defences and long-range missiles. The latest barrage plunged eight Ukrainian regions into darkness, according to Ukrenergo, the national energy operator.

That follows a more than two-hour phone call between the two leaders on Thursday, US time. The aim, Mr Trump said, was “to see if we can bring this ‘inglorious’ war,” to an end. The last time the pair met,