Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives in Brussels on Wednesday for the start of the 26th Ukraine Defense Contract Group. Photo courtesy of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth/X Feb. 13 (UPI) ...

Amid reports that a U.S. peace proposal might include recognizing Moscow's illegal annexation of Crimea, President Donald Trump denied Ukraine was being pressured to accept the move — while also ...

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 bring ...

BRUSSELS >> Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders was unrealistic and the Trump administration does not see NATO membership for Kyiv as part of a solution to the ...

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 negotiated settlement ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says it's "unrealistic" to expect Ukraine's borders to return to their pre-2014 positions after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv could offer Moscow ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it was unrealistic for Ukraine and its allies to seek to restore the borders between Ukraine and Russia before 2014, when the latter annexed Crimea. His remarks, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vikram Mittal is a contributor who covers aerospace and defense. During their initial invasion of Crimea in 2014, the Russian ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that a return to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is "unrealistic." Hegseth's remarks, made during his first visit to NATO headqquarters in Brussels, ...