Nato membership and return to 2014 borders ‘unrealistic’ for Ukraine, US defence chief Hegseth says
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that a return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders was unrealistic and the Trump administration does not see Nato membership for Kyiv as part of a solution to the war triggered by Russia’s invasion.
Speaking at a meeting of Ukraine’s military allies at Nato headquarters in Brussels, Hegseth delivered the clearest and bluntest public statement so far on the new US administration’s approach to the nearly three-year-old war.
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