Hegseth says return to Ukraine’s 2014 borders ‘unrealistic’ newsthirst.
Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, has said it is “unrealistic” to expect Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders, when Russia first took control of Crimea. Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Brussels, Hegseth said it would only be possible to establish a “durable peace” with a “realistic assessment…