U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a stark warning to Russia over the ongoing war in Ukraine. Hegseth said if Moscow does not halt its aggression, the United States and its allies are prepared to “impose costs” on Russia.

The plane landed based on standard procedures and everyone onboard, including Secretary Hegseth, is safe, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said.

The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the U.S. from a NATO meeting and all aboard are safe.

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.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane was diverted on Wednesday on its way back to the U.S. from Brussels because of a crack in the plane’s windshield, forcing an unexpected stop in the United Kingdom.

At NATO headquarters, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a thunderous message: Europe must pay its share, and Russia will face “costs” if the war doesn’t end. Speaking beside allies, Hegseth called for “peace through strength” and urged nations to ramp up funding for the new PURL arms program,

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed the incident on Wednesday, Oct. 15, and noted that Pete Hegseth “is safe” following his plane's emergency landing in the U.K.

NATO’s two newest members, Finland and Sweden, said Wednesday that they would buy more weapons from the United States to give to Ukraine, a day after data showed that foreign military aid to the war-torn country had declined sharply in recent months.