Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Returning Ukraine to its pre-2014 borders is an "unrealistic objective," U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, as he suggested that U.S. military support for the besieged European ally would be at least reduced as the Pentagon pivots focus to preventing war with China in the Indo-Pacific. "We want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine, but we must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective," he said. "