Complete Ukrainian Liberation from Russia’s unrealistic, “says heget of allies – a rural radio network

(London and the Pentagon) Defense Minister Pete Heget appeared at his first Ukraine meeting for a defense contact group on Wednesday to tell the Allies that the liberation of all occupied Russian Ukrainian territory “is an unrealistic purpose.”

“The bloodshed has to stop and this war must end,” Heget said, in one of the most detailed outlines of the Ukraine-Russia Peace deal, foreseen by President Donald Trump’s new administration.

“President Trump is clear with the American people – and with many of your leaders – that stopping the fight and achieving lasting peace is a top priority,” said heget of the meeting, which was led by the United Kingdom, celebrating the meeting for the first time, which was led by the United Kingdom, noting for the first time heget at the meeting, which noted the first time the group did not convene under the leadership of the United States.

“He intends to end this war through diplomacy and lead both Russia and Ukraine to the table,” Heget said. “We will only end this devastating war and establish lasting peace by connecting the Allied forces with a realistic assessment of the battlefield.”

President Volodimir Zelenski and his government in Kiev demanded full territorial liberation-whether by military or diplomatic means-according to the 1991 internationally recognized 1991 boundaries. Among the other demands of Ukraine are the binding Western guarantees, ideally in the form in the form Full NATO membership and protection from the fifth article.

Heget rejected such ambitions, at least in the near future.

“We want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine, but we must start with the recognition that return to the borders of Ukraine before 2014 is an unrealistic goal,” he told allies. “The pursuit of this illusion goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering.”

“The United States does not believe that NATO’s membership of Ukraine is a realistic result of an agreed agreement,” Heget continued. “Instead, any security guarantee must be supported by capable European and non -European troops.”

“If these troops are located as peacekeepers in Ukraine at any time, they must be located as part of a mission that is not NATO and they should not be covered by Article five,” he added. “There must also be a stable international supervision over the contact line.”

“To be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will be no US troops located in Ukraine,” Heget said.

Trump has repeatedly vowed to end the war, forcing both Moscow and Kiev back to the negotiating table after nearly three years of full -time war.

Heget suggested that Trump’s internal energy policies would help press the Kremlin. “Lower energy prices, combined with more efficient implementation of energy sanctions, will help to bring Russia to the table,” he said.

Heget has given a broader warning to European allies on a lighter US imprint on the continent. They, he said, will have to “provide the huge share of future deadly and non-rabbit help for Ukraine.”

He said that the “strict strategic realities” of competition with China in the Indo-Ocean and the United States focus on securing their internal borders “preventing the United States from being focused mainly on Europe’s security.”

Heget urged the Allies to donate more ammunition and equipment to Ukraine, to expand their industrial bases and to explain to citizens that the Russian threat requires “spending more on defense and investing strategic”.
This will involve an increase in defense costs outside 2% of the GDP purpose agreed by the Allies in 2014. The threshold – which many NATO allies have not yet achieved – “not enough,” Heget said.

“President Trump has called 5% and I agree,” he added. “Increasing your commitment to your own security is an advance payment for the future.”

The Minister of Defense warned that while the United States “remained engaged in NATO and partnership with Europe”, America “will no longer tolerate an unbalanced relationship that promotes addiction.”

“Our relationship will give us a priority to empower Europe to have responsibility for its own security,” he added. “Honesty will be our policy ahead.”

In response to the remarks of Heget, British Defense Minister John Heli said, “We hear you.”

“We hear your commitment to NATO, Article five, to a sovereign Ukraine and to your defense partnership with Europe,” Helly said. “We also hear your concerns.”

“Going to Ukraine, we are and we will do it,” Heli continued. “By starting European security, we are and we will do it.”

“You just talked about peace through power,” Heli said. “We are strong here in 50 nations, all are determined to put an end to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s war, let’s do it together. “

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