U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a return to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders was unrealistic and the Trump administration does not see NATO membership for Kyiv as part of a solution to the conflict.
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00:00We want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine.
00:06But we must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic
00:13objective.
00:15Chasing this illusionary goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering.
00:21A durable peace for Ukraine must include robust security guarantees to ensure that the war
00:27will not begin again.
00:30This must not be Minsk 3.0.
00:35That said, the United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic
00:43outcome of a negotiated settlement.
00:46Instead, any security guarantee must be backed by capable European and non-European troops.
00:55If these troops are deployed as peacekeepers to Ukraine at any point, they should be deployed
00:59as part of a non-NATO mission, and they should not be covered under Article 5.
01:06There also must be robust international oversight of the line of contact.
01:11To be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will not be U.S. troops deployed to
01:18Ukraine.