The new Pentagon head Pete Highset first came to Europe after a change of power in the United States and said that the United States did not consider Ukraine membership in NATO a realistic outcome of a diplomatic settlement. Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly said that the country's full -fledged membership in NATO is the only real security guarantee. However, the Alliance was in no hurry to invite Ukraine. . He also noted that the United States will continue to provide assistance to Ukraine, " “But any security guarantees should be supported by European and non -European troops. If these troops are deployed in Ukraine as peacekeeping forces, they should not be placed as part of the NATO mission and the 5th article of the NATO Charter should not be applied to them. There should also be a tough international supervision of the demarcation line, ”said the head of the Pentagon Pit Hegset on Wednesday. He also noted that there will be no American troops in Ukraine. . “We also want sovereign and prosperous Ukraine. But you need to start by admitting: a return to the borders of Ukraine until 2014 is an unrealistic goal. The pursuit of this illusory goal will only extend suffering, ”said the new head of the Pentagon. According to the hegset, it is possible to achieve the stop of war only by combining the “power of the allies” with a “realistic assessment” of what is happening on the battlefield. “President Trump directly told the American people and many leaders: the stop of hostilities and the achievement of a strong world is one of the main priorities. He is going to end this war with the help of diplomacy, having planted Russia and Ukraine at the negotiating table. The Pentagon will help in this, ”said Hegset. Responsibility to Europe European members of NATO, said Hegset, must in the future provide a lion's share of assistance to Kyiv. According to him, Washington “will no longer endure unbalanced relations” with his allies. “Ensuring European security should be a priority for European NATO members,” he said. “As part of this, in the future, it is Europe that should provide the bulk of death and non -lethal military assistance to Ukraine”. Zelensky in an interview with the British newspaper Guardian said that he does not consider it possible to ensure security guarantees of Ukraine without US participation. In particular, the Ukrainian president noted that the American Patriot air defense system is more efficient than European air defense systems. “So even from this separate it is approximately clear that without America the security guarantees will be inferior,” Zelensky said.

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