There can be no negotiation “about Ukraine without Ukraine”, the UK’s defence secretary has warned.John Healey’s comments ahead of a Nato meeting of defence ministers in Brussels on Thursday come after US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to begin negotiations to end the war.Speaking to reporters, Healey said: “We’ve seen the calls from President Trump overnight and we all want to see a durable peace and no return to conflict and aggression.”But he added that Russia “remains a threat well beyond Ukraine”.He told reporters ahead of the meeting that “my message… Will be that there can be no negotiation about Ukraine without Ukraine and Ukraine’s voice must be at the heart of any talks”.In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he and the Russian president had “agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately”. He did not set a date for a face-to-face meeting with Putin, but later told reporters at the White House: “We’ll meet in Saudi Arabia.” He wrote on social media the pair had also invited each other to their respective capitals.On Wednesday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said European nations must provide the “overwhelming” share of funding for Ukraine.Speaking to reporters ahead of the meeting on Thursday, Hegseth said the US’s attempts to negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia was “certainly not a betrayal” of the Ukrainian soldiers who have been fighting against the invasion.Addressing fellow defence chiefs later, he adde …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnThere can be no negotiation “about Ukraine without Ukraine”, the UK’s defence secretary has warned.John Healey’s comments ahead of a Nato meeting of defence ministers in Brussels on Thursday come after US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to begin negotiations to end the war.Speaking to reporters, Healey said: “We’ve seen the calls from President Trump overnight and we all want to see a durable peace and no return to conflict and aggression.”But he added that Russia “remains a threat well beyond Ukraine”.He told reporters ahead of the meeting that “my message… Will be that there can be no negotiation about Ukraine without Ukraine and Ukraine’s voice must be at the heart of any talks”.In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he and the Russian president had “agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately”. He did not set a date for a face-to-face meeting with Putin, but later told reporters at the White House: “We’ll meet in Saudi Arabia.” He wrote on social media the pair had also invited each other to their respective capitals.On Wednesday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said European nations must provide the “overwhelming” share of funding for Ukraine.Speaking to reporters ahead of the meeting on Thursday, Hegseth said the US’s attempts to negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia was “certainly not a betrayal” of the Ukrainian soldiers who have been fighting against the invasion.Addressing fellow defence chiefs later, he adde …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
