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In Ukraine, he will meet with government officials and private citizens who have bravely endured almost three years of war. President Trump has made it clear that the fighting needs to stop, and the United States is ready to support a durable solution. Special Presidential Envoy Kellogg is committed to carrying out the tough diplomacy it will take to achieve the President’s objective."
Quote from US Department of State We as a NATO alliance, to which (Hegseth) also gave the firmest possible continuing commitment, have always been clear that Ukraine’s rightful place is in NATO,
said UK Defense Secretary John Healey The US is quite happy to march to its own beat and leave Europe and Ukraine to pick up the pieces,
said Matthew Savill, Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute, a think tank in London What Pete Hegseth said … is that the outcome of the peace negotiations cannot be the membership of NATO,
If we stick to 2% we cannot defend ourselves in four to five years,
The United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement.”
We heard (Hegseth’s) call for European nations to step up. We can, and we will,
promised UK Defense Secretary Healey There are different comments now coming out, ... We are intensely coordinating with President Trump’s team at all levels, and these are very good conversations.”
said Latvia’s Defense Minister Andris Sprūds on Wednesday ... Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte sidestepped the issue when questioned by CNN at his pre-summit briefing, simply noting Two percent is not enough; President Trump has called for 5%, and I agree,
They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday,
he said on Fox News on Monday We did more on Ukraine and will do more, we did more on defence spending and will do more.
Our message is clear: The bloodshed must stop and this war must end,
Hegseth said in an address to the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which includes all 32 members of NATO as well as other backers of Kyiv Hegseth has said very clearly today that from now onwards, the Europeans have to understand that given the stark geopolitical developments globally, the Americans won’t be primarily focused on Europe’s security,
We will only end this devastating war – and establish a durable peace – by coupling allied strength with a realistic assessment of the battlefield.”
As we both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the war with Russia/Ukraine,
Trump said in a social media post, [It ... It was] a departure from what NATO and the Europeans were looking forward to hearing from the Americans today,
To be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will not be US troops deployed to Ukraine,
We need to do a lot more so we have what we need to deter and defend. And so that there is more equitable burden sharing,
Secretary Hegseth, we hear you,
said Britain's defence minister John Healey in a brief response As the United States prioritises its attention to these threats, European allies must lead from the front,
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