US Secretary of Defense: Ukrainian and Ukrainian security guarantee is not one of the US government’s priorities
reports Mehr News Agency quoted CNN, Pit Hegest, Secretary of Defense Donald Trump, referring to the necessity of” ending “of the Russian -Ukrainian war, calling Kiev’s joining NATO unrealistic and said security guarantee security. Europe and Ukraine are no longer one of the US government’s priorities.
Hegest said before attending the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group “that European forces must guarantee Ukrainian security after the war and US forces will not interfere.
“The United States believes that Ukraine’s membership in NATO is not a realistic result of a diplomatic agreement, and any security guarantees for Ukraine must be by powerful European and non-European forces,” he said. Obviously, US troops to Ukraine will not be part of any security guarantees.
The US Secretary of Defense also said that the return of Ukraine to the borders of the year (before the Russian invasion of Crimea and East Ukraine) is unrealistic.
Hegst statements will definitely have the concern of Ukrainian President Walodimir Zelkski. He said last week that Europe alone could not provide meaningful security guarantees to Kiev alone without the US leadership.
Hegest also did not unveil any new auxiliary package for Ukraine in this conversation, saying: “Today we are here to say directly and without ambiguity that the current sensitive strategic realities prevent it. Is the US mainly focusing on European security.
US Secretary of Defense also repeated Trump’s demand from his allies in NATO to increase their GDP by five percent, saying that the cost of 2 % is not enough.
