The Guardian view on Trump and Putin: Ukraine’s future must not be decided without it | Editorial
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Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:58:26 +0200
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The US president wants to end this war and is happy to do so on Russian termsUkraine and its European allies braced for the worst when Donald Trump won a second term.
But the scale of his surrender to Russian aggression has still shocked them.
On Wednesday, Vladimir Putins nearly three years of isolation by the west was broken by his 90minute, highly productive conversation with Mr Trump.
Joe Biden called the Russian president a murderous dictator Mr Trump praised Mr Putins mounting aggression towards Ukraine as genius, days before the fullscale invasion of 2022.
Now, two great powers plan negotiations without regard for Ukraine, Europe or even Mr Trumps own Ukraine envoy.Forget territorial integrity.
The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, described a return to Ukraines pre2014 borders as unrealistic and an illusory goal.
Forget Ukrainian membership of Nato I dont think its practical Im OK with that, Mr Trump declared.
Forget US support it will be up to European countries and others to provide any deterrent force, the US defence secretary made clear.
European security is no longer the primary focus for the US, added Mr Hegseth and that was the toneddown version.
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