BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (JUNE 18, 2026) (U.S. NETWORK POOL - No use USA)

1. U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, PETE HEGSETH, WALKING TOWARDS REPORTERS ON TARMAC

2. WHITE FLASH

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, PETE HEGSETH, SAYING:

"And the president has pointed out, that we will be prepared to recommence if underneath the timeline of these talks, Iran does not do what it says it's going to do. Just give up nuclear weapons, give up nuclear ambitions, give away their nuclear material, close nuclear facilities. Then the War Department is here and prepared to restart if we need to."

4. WHITE FLASH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, PETE HEGSETH, SAYING:

"But if Iran doesn't comply, then we're more than able to reimpose an ironclad blockade."

6. WHITE FLASH

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, PETE HEGSETH, SAYING:

"European countries ought to be at the front. There are a number that have stepped up. And we welcome that, and they'll do it in coordination with CENTCOM and Admiral (Brad) Cooper in order to make sure that that waterway is open and commerce is moving, as the president intended."

8. WHITE FLASH

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, PETE HEGSETH, SAYING:

"We're going to be the the big stick behind the negotiations that never existed under President Obama. It just didn't. It was a paper tiger hoping that they agreed."

10. WHITE FLASH

11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, PETE HEGSETH, SAYING:

REPORTER ASKING: "On the force posture change. How quickly do you think that we'll see a tangible change of U.S., of the U.S. presence in the Middle East?"

HEGSETH: "It will be it's all conditions based. It's all based, again, on the responsiveness and, benchmarks met and things just like this talk about resources and money. It's based on performance. Everything is based on performance."

12. WHITE FLASH

13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, PETE HEGSETH, SAYING:

"There's no giveaways here. There's no trust here. It's all verification. And the War Department stands behind it all. The president is set prepared to devastatingly do what we've done already."

14. WHITE FLASH

15. HEGSETH WALKING AWAY / HEGSETH BOARDING PLANE

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (JUNE 18, 2026) (NATO - Access all)

1. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY SHAKING HANDS WITH OFFICIALS

2. NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL MARK RUTTE WALKING NEAR UKRAINIAN DEFENCE MINISTER MYKHAILO FEDOROV / ZELENSKIY TAKING SEAT / GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER BORIS PISTORIUS BANGING GAVEL ON TABLE

3. OFFICIALS SITTING AT TABLE

4. PISTORIUS SPEAKING

5. PISTORIUS SPEAKING / ZELENSKIY LISTENING

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

“Today, Ukraine and Germany are taking a very important, I think, important joint step. We have some technologies. Germany has some technologies. And today, our defence ministers signed already an agreement to bring these capabilities together. In Ukraine, we have a company that is capable of producing ballistic missiles - Firepoint is moving toward this. And you have the capable companies as well.”

7. PISTORIUS SPEAKING / ZELENSKIY AND RUTTE LISTENING

8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

“We invite all countries to contribute to these common efforts as much as possible. Our anti-ballistic coalition, all the countries that are part of it must demonstrate full capability and deliver real results better this year.”

9. PISTORIUS SPEAKING / ZELENSKIY, RUTTE AND BRITAIN'S DEFENCE SECRETARY DAN JARVIS LISTENING

10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

“Dear friends, yesterday I raised two urgent issues with Mark (Rutte), and the first is the number of unmanned ground vehicles. The second is long-range artillery ammunition. Right now, there is not enough of either. We need both urgently. The funding being allocated for this is not enough. The quantities Europe is producing are not enough. What the Ukrainian army is receiving is not enough.”

11. RUTTE SPEAKING / ZELENSKIY, PISTORIUS AND JARVIS LISTENING

12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

“So our long-range sanctions are hitting Russian oil facilities, refineries very, very effectively, and Russia is already facing fuel shortages and the federal budget revenues are falling significantly and at the same time our mid-range strikes are seriously disrupting Russian military logistics, but Putin is not stopping this war.”

13. RUTTE, ZELENSKIY AND PISTORIUS

14. OFFICIALS SITTING AT TABLE