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Al Jazeera Staff

US Republican DeSantis calls Ukraine war a ‘territorial dispute’

'We cannot prioritize intervention in an escalating foreign war over the defense of our own homeland,' Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wrote in a Fox News questionnaire [File: Allison Dinner/Reuters]

Washington, DC – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a possible Republican presidential candidate, has described the war in Ukraine as a “territorial dispute” that is not a top national security interest of the United States.

DeSantis’s position – which echoes that of former President Donald Trump, who has declared a run for the White House in 2024 – underscores growing scepticism among Republican politicians of Washington’s support for Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia’s invasion.

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