US Secretary of Defense opposed Kiev’s joining NATO: We will not send to Ukraine – Mehr News Agency | Iranian and world news

US President Defense Minister Pitt Hegst, referring to the necessity of “ending” of the Russian -Ukrainian war, called Kiev’s joining NATO unrealistic, saying that European and Ukrainian security guarantees European and Ukrainian security. It is not one of the priorities of the US government.

Before attending the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group meeting, Hegst said that European forces should guarantee Ukraine’s post -war security forces and that US forces will not interfere.

He added that the United States believes that Ukraine’s membership in NATO is not a realistic result of the diplomatic agreement and that any security guarantees for Ukraine must be from powerful European and non -European forces. Obviously, sending US troops to Ukraine will not be part of any security guarantees.

The US Secretary of Defense also said that Ukraine’s return to the pre -year borders (before the Russian invasion of Crimea and eastern Ukraine) was unrealistic.

Hegest’s remarks will definitely be concerned with Ukrainian President Volsimir Zelksky. He said last week that Europe alone could not provide meaningful security guarantees to Kiev alone without the US leadership.

Hegest also did not unveil any new auxiliary package for Ukraine in the conversation, saying: “Today we are here to say directly and without ambiguity that the current sensitive strategic realities prevent the United States from focusing on European security.

The US Secretary of Defense also repeated Trump’s demand from his NATO allies to increase their defense costs by five percent of their GDP, saying that the cost was not enough.