US Secretary of Defense and US National Security Adviser avoid calling Russia aggressor in TV interview
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Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:07:15 +0200
Two key members of US President Donald Trumps team, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz refused to call Russia an aggressor in a TV interview on Sunday.
Source Bloomberg, as reported by European Pravda Details Hegseth and Waltz avoided direct answers to questions about whether Russia is an aggressor, portraying the issue as distracting from Trumps diplomacy.
Quote from Pete Hegseth My question is, does all the fingerpointing and pearlclutching make peace more likely Details Asked whether it is fair to say that Russia unprovokedly attacked Ukraine in 2022, he said Fair to say its a very complicated situation.
Under pressure, he did admit that an invasion into Ukraine had taken place but did not name Russia.
For his part, Waltz evaded the question when asked to recognise Russia as the aggressor and instead began comparing Trump and Biden.
On Fox News, Waltz said that Trump is the dealmakerinchief. Quote from Mike Waltz Hes the commanderinchief.
And its only because of his strength that were even in this position.
Background According to some reports, the Donald Trump administration asked Kyiv to withdraw a draft UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russias fullscale aggression and demanding that Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory.
The United States introduced its draft resolution, which was much weaker in content and did not name Russia as the aggressor. The media also reported that for the first time, the US side opposed naming Russia as the aggressor in a joint G7 statement being prepared for the third anniversary of Russias fullscale war against Ukraine.
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