Overview

• The administration has formalized a NATO weapons provision plan to channel arms directly to Ukraine.
• President Trump set a 50-day deadline to impose full secondary economic sanctions on any country trading with Russia.
• The White House clarified that the president’s threat refers specifically to secondary sanctions and not to new tariffs.
• Rep. Don Bacon warned that a Russian victory in Ukraine could leave Moldova, Georgia and Azerbaijan vulnerable to Moscow’s aggression.
• Bacon called for an accelerated sanctions timeline and expanded penalties on China, Iran and North Korea for propping up Russia’s war effort.