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Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Pre-2014 Borders Is
Posted on: February 13, 2025 at 06:59:59 CT
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"Unrealistic"
"A return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is “an unrealistic objective” and an “illusionary goal” in the peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia that President Trump wants to accomplish, the U.S. Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, said on Wednesday at a meeting of countries supporting Ukraine.
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Mr. Trump, he added, does not support Ukraine’s membership in NATO as part of a realistic peace plan.
After a settlement, “a durable peace for Ukraine must include robust security guarantees to ensure that the war will not begin again,” but that would be the responsibility, he said, of European and non-European troops in a “non-NATO mission” unprotected by NATO’s Article Five commitment to collective defense.
No American troops will be deployed to Ukraine, he said, and Europe should provide “the overwhelming share of future lethal and nonlethal aid to Ukraine.”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/world/europe/ukraine-war-hegseth-nato.html
Realpolitik is the only solution to stave off Ukraine capitulation. Obviously, Europe without the active participation of the U.S. is helpless to guarantee the security of the Ukraine. The only power capable of that is Russia, who has roughly tripled their military capability, since the Ukrainian Civil War began.
"A return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is “an unrealistic objective” and an “illusionary goal” in the peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia that President Trump wants to accomplish, the U.S. Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, said on Wednesday at a meeting of countries supporting Ukraine.
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Mr. Trump, he added, does not support Ukraine’s membership in NATO as part of a realistic peace plan.
After a settlement, “a durable peace for Ukraine must include robust security guarantees to ensure that the war will not begin again,” but that would be the responsibility, he said, of European and non-European troops in a “non-NATO mission” unprotected by NATO’s Article Five commitment to collective defense.
No American troops will be deployed to Ukraine, he said, and Europe should provide “the overwhelming share of future lethal and nonlethal aid to Ukraine.”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/world/europe/ukraine-war-hegseth-nato.html
Realpolitik is the only solution to stave off Ukraine capitulation. Obviously, Europe without the active participation of the U.S. is helpless to guarantee the security of the Ukraine. The only power capable of that is Russia, who has roughly tripled their military capability, since the Ukrainian Civil War began.
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