Mapped: Russia’s and Ukraine’s competing visions for peace
As Washington seeks to resolve the war in Ukraine with peace negotiations, these maps show what each side in the conflict is ...
Ukraine’s Borders in Maps: Pre-2014 Invasion to Now
Ukraine’s government wants to restore the country’s frontier to where it was before Russia launched its first invasion more than a decade ago. The U.S. defense secretary said that was “unrealistic.” ...
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Hegseth rules out NATO membership for Ukraine and says Europe must be responsible for country’s security
Hegseth also said that a return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders, before Russia invaded Crimea and eastern Ukraine, “is an unrealistic objective.” Many NATO allies would actually agree with ...
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Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations
said that it was an “unrealistic” objective for Ukraine to restore its borders as they were before 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea. Mr. Hegseth added that the United States did not support ...
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Hegseth expected to push NATO and EU to take more responsibility for Ukraine
Notably, the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels ... Hegseth referred to Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea as a “minor incursion,” which has raised questions among ...
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Ukraine regaining pre-2014 borders is 'unrealistic objective,' Hegseth says in first NATO visit
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told allies at NATO headquarters Wednesday that "returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective," as President Donald Trump is working to ...
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Ukraine returning to pre-2014 borders, joining NATO are ‘unrealistic,’ Hegseth says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday it is “unrealistic” to expect Russia to return the Crimean Peninsula to Ukraine or approve of Kyiv’s accession to NATO as part of a ...
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Trump says he spoke with Putin about ending the war in Ukraine
MOSCOW − President Donald Trump said he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone about ending the war in Ukraine, the New York Post reported, the first known direct ...
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Trump administration voices doubt about Ukraine joining NATO, keeping all its territory
BRUSSELS — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic. In sweeping remarks, he suggested Kyiv should abandon hopes of winning all its ...
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Ukraine war: Donald Trump says peace negotiations with Russia to start 'immediately'
Donald Trump says there has been agreement to begin negotiations about ending the war in Ukraine, after holding phone calls with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It is the US president's ...
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Trump says he and Putin have agreed to begin 'negotiations' on ending Ukraine war
President Donald Trump upended three years of U.S. policy toward Ukraine on Wednesday, saying that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war ...