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US no longer ‘primarily focused’ on Europe’s security, says Pete Hegseth

US defence secretary says Europe should lead in defending Ukraine and that restoring pre-2014 borders is unrealistic

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Donald Trump’s newly appointed defence secretary told allies on his first international trip that the US was no longer “primarily focused” on European security and that Europe would have to take the lead in defending Ukraine.

Pete Hegseth, speaking to defence ministers at a lunchtime meeting in Brussels, said Europe had to provide “the overwhelming share” of future military aid to Kyiv – and recognise that restoring Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders was unrealistic.

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