Pete Hegseth says Ukraine joining NATO is ‘unrealistic’ and demands member nations take responsibility for their own security: ‘The United States will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship’
Hegseth said Ukraine’s Western backers must abandon the “illusionary goal” of returning the country to its pre-2014 borders.
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