US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated that Ukraine joining NATO is unrealistic and urged Ukraine to focus on negotiating with Russia rather than reclaiming lost territories. He emphasized that Europe should bear the responsibility for protecting Ukraine and its borders. This marks a departure from the previous Biden administration's stance.
In the first overseas meeting involving NATO and a member of the new Trump administration, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said NATO membership for Ukraine is unrealistic, claiming Europe is responsible for protecting the war-torn nation and its borders.Speaking Wednesday at the 26th Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, Hegseth said Ukraine should also abandon hopes of taking back land now occupied by Russia and should prepare to negotiate a settlement with the Kremlin.
If these troops are deployed as peacekeepers to Ukraine at any point, they should be deployed as part of a non-NATO mission.'It marks a vastly different approach by the Trump administration when compared to the former Biden administration, with the latter previously pushing for NATO to accept Ukraine into the military alliance. All 32 member nations must agree for a new country to join NATO, meaning every member also has to agree to vote.
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