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Hegseth expected to push NATO and EU to take more responsibility for Ukraine

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New US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to meet with European counterparts in Brussels on Wednesday .

Meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels will be chaired by the United Kingdom .

NATO and European officials say they've heard nothing concrete in terms of the administration’s plans for Ukraine .

There is a hardening consensus within the administration that Putin , rather than Zelensky , will be the main hurdle to getting both sides to the negotiating table.

Putin has not changed any of his demands in the nearly three years of war or indicated that Russia would concede any seized territory.

NATO and Europe began planning for a US retreat from the conflict last year and started taking on more responsibility for aid to Ukraine .