Previously, the president of the United States had suggested that Ukraine should abdicate part of its territory to ensure a peace agreement. And his statement about the born Russian aircraft in his space suggests a willingness to put the alliance in a more direct conflict with Russia than simply providing weapons to Ukraine
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Ukraine could restore its borders prior to the invasion of Russia and believe that NATO member countries should slaughter Russian aircraft if they entered their airspace, intensifying their rhetoric against Kremlin as Ukraine war is extended.
Trump’s statements on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly on Russian aircraft and their later publication in the social truth on Ukraine borders seem to reflect a significant change in their attitude towards Moscow and what the end of this intractable conflict may be.
His comments on the borders of Ukraine have been the first time since he took office he suggested that the nation could regain the entire territory that Russia took since 2014. Previously, Trump had suggested that Ukraine would need to abdicate part of its territory to ensure a peace agreement. And his statement about Nato Abater Aircraft suggests a willingness to put the defense alliance in a more direct conflict with Russia than simply providing weapons to Ukraine.
“Yes, I agree,” Trump said when asked about NATO slaughter during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Later, in the Social Truth, Trump wrote that, after developing a more complete understanding of the economic and military situations of Ukraine and Russia, he came to believe that “Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and recover all of Ukraine in its original form.” He said the conflict was making Russia look like a “tiger of paper” and said it was costing significant funds to Moscow and making it difficult to obtain gasoline.
“With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, the original borders from which this war began is a very viable option. Why not?” Trump wrote in a long publication, adding, “Ukraine would be able to recover its country in its original form and perhaps even going beyond! Putin and Russia are in great economic difficulties, and this is the time for Ukraine.”
Recent raids of Russian aircraft on Poland, Estonia and other nations have led to the first direct meetings between NATO and Moscow since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, testing the preparation and credibility of the alliance to stop Russia’s aggression.
European leaders expressed indignation and promised to respond hard. But the NATO leader said on Tuesday that Russian aircraft slaughter should only occur after an analysis of the intentions.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said slaughter should depend “on the information available on the threat represented by the aircraft, including questions that we have to answer, such as intent, weapons and potential risk for allies, forces, civilians or infrastructure.”
“We will always evaluate the situation, evaluate the immediate threat that the plane represents,” Rutte said. He spoke after a meeting of NATO members requested by Estonia after Russian fighters violated their airspace last week.
Trump, speaking a few hours later, was less cautious, not offering qualifications about when or if NATO members should slaughter Russian aircraft that violated airspace. Trump did not even say that the United States would join the effort.
“It depends on the circumstances,” he said. “But, you know, we are very strong about the NATO.”
The president’s comments came up hours after his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, indicated that the US would not slaughter Russian fighters that entered NATO airspace, but said the alliance would continue to intercep them.
Rubio said he did not think that the allies of Nato would slaughter Russian aircraft “unless they were attacking.”
“I think what was seen was NATO to respond to these intrusions as we always respond, that is, when someone enters our airspace or our defense zone, we climbed and intercepted them,” Rubio said in an interview with CBS News this Tuesday.
NATO members have entered the alert in recent weeks after drones and Russian aircraft violated their airspace. Three Mig-31 Russian fighters entered Estonia’s airspace over Finland’s Gulf without permission on Friday. This happened a week after several drones and Russian fighters entered the Polish airspace, leading to the mobilization of F-15 and F-35 fighters.
On Monday, two of the busiest airports in Scandinavia-Oslo, Norway, and Copenhagen in Denmark-were forced to close for several hours due to drone sighting, disrupting travel plans of tens of thousands of people.
When asked about the incident on Tuesday, Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that “it cannot discard at all that Russia may be” behind it.
Trump refused to blame Russia when asked about the incident.
“I have no answer until I find out exactly what happened. I know about it, but … they don’t know what happened. But let’s find out very soon,” Trump said.
European allies warned on Monday during a heated emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which would slaughter jets or drones involved in any new NATO airspace violations.
The incursions raised questions about Europe’s degree of preparation to defend against Russian aggression. Trump warned the continent that he should do more to reinforce his own security and attributed responsibility to other NAT members to provide funding for military assistance to Ukraine.
Rutte said on Tuesday that Nato was prepared to defend herself.
“We have all the defensive systems necessary to ensure that we can defend every centimeter of the ally territory,” he said. “This is what we demonstrated both in the case of Poland and in the case of Estonia.”
