The US secretary of defense Hegseth says:
- The Bloodbath Must End
- Returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic goal and pursuing this false goal will only increase suffering
- The US does not believe that Ukraine's membership in NATO is a realistic outcome of the upcoming negotiations
- If there are any peacekeepers in Ukraine, it will not be under the auspices of NATO and not in accordance with Article 5 of the Charter
- US troops will not go to Ukraine, US military presence cannot be part of security guarantees
- It is Europe that should provide Ukraine with more military aid
- 2% is not enough, Trump calls on Europe to increase military spending to 5% of GDP
- The US is facing threats to its own borders and will focus on protecting them
- Communist China is a threat to US borders and US prioritizes such threats
- The US will no longer tolerate NATO's unequal defense policies that create dependency