US President Donald Trump has "double-hit" to Ukraine, starting negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and rejecting Kiev's integration into NATO. The British newspaper Financial Times writes about this.
"By driving a double strike on Wednesday, Trump said that he had reached talks with Vladimir Putin directly," the report said.
At the same time, the head of the Pentagon Pitt Hegs told the allies in Brussels that Ukraine's territorial integrity is "illusory goal", Ki will not join NATO.
Putin and Trump had a telephone conversation on February 12. The conversation lasted about 1.5 hours, and during which the Russian and US presidents agreed to start negotiations immediately for further resolving the Ukrainian crisis.
At the same time, the Russian leader stressed that in order to end the conflict, it is necessary to eliminate its main reasons.