Nothing born for Ukraine, The secretary to defense of the United States underlined this Pete Hegseth Yesterday during a meeting in Brussels asked by the United Kingdom, claiming that Kiev’s adhesion is unrealistic, as well as the idea of returning to the existing boundaries before 2014. But also that in order to be able to carry out a negotiation with Russia probably It will be necessary to deploy international but non -US troops, which worries the allies of the USA, impatiently to know how much military and financial support Washington intends to provide Ukraine from now on. In the background, the idea that Trump wants to pursue what he has always supported during his first term, namely that European nations must spend more money in armaments to remain in the alliance. In his speech, Hegseth said that the allies must increase pearly expenditure of defense up to 5% of their GDPs, a goal that, however, at the moment the United States even reach.
“The United States will no longer tolerate a unbalanced relationship that encourages addiction; Our report will prioritize the strengthening of Europe to assume responsibility for one’s safety, “said Hegseth. On closer inspection, the European allies have already increased their military budget since Putin has invaded Ukraine, but it is estimated that only 23 nations have achieved or exceeded the previous goal of 2%. Italy is not among these, a third of the members has not yet reached that threshold and no member has however increased the expense to 5% of the GDP, not even Poland that stationed to 4.3%. The US under the Biden administration are 3.3%. This is a topic that NATO leaders should agree on the next summit scheduled at the Hague from 24 to 26 June. Regarding the hypothetical security forces to be deployed in Ukraine, these according to the US secretary should not have the protection “of article five”, or the obligation to intervene if they clash against Russian forces. Which is like saying to open another front to the existing one, but in which foreign soldiers would die. By contacting the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, the number one of the US defense also stated that in almost three years all the allied countries have collected collectively to Ukraine more than 126 billion dollars in weapons and military assistance, including over 66.5 billion from United States who presided over the group from its creation.
A fact that never happened first in history. It is true that most of the allies born geographically located in Eastern Europe fears that, if “win” by consolidating the objectives of his “special operation”, the Russian president Vladimir Putin does not stop at the borders of Ukraine by causing a New great conflict. In the background, meanwhile, the fact that the President of the United States Donald Trump has promised to end the war quickly, complaining that he is costing too many money to American taxpayers, complete with negotiations directed with Zelensky and pre -cottonids on access to his reservations of rare lands. However, this does not like some allies such as France, which on Ukrainian ground have great expectations. Before Hegseth spoke, the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte He had declared the Associated Press agency: “We must make sure that Russia has no other options if not negotiating, and this means forcing it to sit at the table, Moscow must understand that we will not give up Ukraine. We must make sure we have the maximum economic impact on Russia. ” However, the node of article five of the Atlantic alliance statute remains, which remains the maximum guarantee of safety today about an attack, a guarantee that Ukraine has been trying to obtain for a long time. But given the situation in Donbass, completely unstable and far from the Ukrainian control, a possible adhesion of Kiev today would bring certainty of a new conflict inevitably enlarged by that guarantee to the innovation.
Then there are other factors: not all NATO allies agree With the entry of Ukraine: Slovakia and Hungary for example, with Viktor Orban who declared him in the presence of Zelensky on 11 July 2024. The position of Turkey is not completely clear, with the president Recep Tayyp Erdogan Which declared: “NATO should never be allowed to take part in the war in Ukraine, diplomacy should not be excluded and negotiations do not necessarily mean a surrender”. In addition to the consent of all the allies in order to start the path (MAP) for membership, to enter NATO it is necessary to comply with military, political, economic and legal requirements. Among these, having a solid democratic system – Zelensky’s mandate has expired – based on a market economy, demonstrate respect for human rights and the rule of law – and in Donbass Ukraine did not do it – the attitude At the peaceful resolution of any conflicts – not even – therefore the will and ability to support NATO military operations by demonstrating adequate safety standards in the management of intelligence information.
