By Patricia Zengerle and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Wednesday that countries such as Brazil, China and India could be hit very hard by secondary sanctions if they continued to do business with Russia.

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.

President Donald Trump has softened his stance on NATO. He once called the Western alliance "obsolete." Now, he says, it's the "opposite of that."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Wednesday that countries such as Brazil, China and India could be hit very hard by secondary sanctions if they continued to do business with Russia.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned that secondary sanctions could severely impact China, Brazil and India if Russia fails to engage seriously in peace talks to end the war against Ukraine. Source: The Guardian,

Mark Rutte said India, China and Brazil might get "hit very hard" if Russia doesn't negotiate a truce deal with Ukraine.

President Trump has some new children, Knewz.com can report, after NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte referred to the leader as “Daddy” following his chastising of Iran and Israel.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, according to the head of state on Telegram. Conversation with Trump According to Zelenskyy, he had a "very good conversation' with Trump,