Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth has signaled a significant shift in US policy towards Ukraine, stating NATO membership for Ukraine is unrealistic and emphasizing a need for Kyiv to abandon aspirations to reclaim pre-2014 borders. During a meeting with NATO allies, he stressed the urgency to end the ongoing conflict through a realistic assessment of the battlefield. An eventual negotiated settlement with Russia, possibly with support from a non-NATO international force, may be necessary, highlighting a pragmatic approach to achieving lasting peace in the region.
The bloodshed must stop and this war must end. We will only end this devastating war and establish a durable peace by coupling allied strength with a realistic assessment of the battlefield.
Ukraine must abandon its illusionary goal of a return to its pre-2014 borders, referring to the year when Russia seized the Ukrainian territories of Crimea and Donbas.
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