President Donald Trump is scheduled to welcome NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to the White House on Monday, a day after the president said the U.S. would provide "sophisticated" equipment to Ukraine to aid in its fight against Russia.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has endorsed a plan to have European allies buy billions of dollars worth of U.S. military equipment that can be transferred to Ukraine as Kyiv looks for way to better defend itself against intensified Russian attacks.

During an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday, US President Donald Trump said he would punish Russia and its allies with tariffs if there is no Ukraine peace agreement within 50 days.

If Trump now permits a substantial amount of U.S. weapons to continue to flow to Ukraine, that would mark an important change. Since Trump took office, many in Ukraine and European capitals have thought that might well be the best-case scenario for Ukraine, given the U.S. president's clear hostility to continuing U.S. donations.

Although somewhat underwhelming, a new U.S. arms deal suggests Trump has genuinely shifted his position toward Ukraine. The question is: Why now? The post Trump's Change of Tune on Ukraine Is Real-For Now appeared first on World Politics Review.

President Trump is applying pressure on Moscow by restoring weapons pipelines to Ukraine and imposing tariffs on Russia’s trading partners, in an effort to weaken Russia’s war economy

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Donald Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that it can then pass on to Ukraine.