Washington – Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the Trump administration believes that Russia is “asking too much” during conversations to end his war in Ukraine.
“At this time, the Russians request a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions, to put an end to the conflict. We believe they are asking too much,” Vance said at a meeting of Munich leaders on the international security policy in Washington, DC
Vice President’s comments occur when President Donald Trump and other officials have intensified the pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent weeks.
Vance, who has long criticized US support to Ukraine and participated in the explosion of the February Oval Office with Zelenskyy, said the Trump administration continues discussions with kyiv about what he needs to end the conflict.
“What the president has said is that he will go if he believes he is not progressing” in the conversations with the two countries, said Vance, who last week predicted that the war was not going to end “in the short term.”
The vice president said in the event on Wednesday that the United States would like to see direct conversations between Russia and Ukraine as the next important step in the diplomatic process.
“Obviously, the United States is happy to participate in those conversations, but it is very important that Russians and Ukrainians begin to talk to each other,” he said.
Vance added that he believes it would be “probably impossible” for the United States to completely mediate conversations, without at least some direct conversations between Russia and Ukraine to try to close the “Gulf” in what the two countries demand. He said that the United States has felt frustrated with negotiations because he said that Russia and Ukraine “hate themselves so much” that the first 30 minutes of an hour discussion, for example, are spent “complaining about a historical complaint.”
The United States has participated in conversations with Ukraine and European partners in recent weeks, but there seems to be no formal conversations in progress at this time.
In an interview with “Meet The Press” by NBC News that was broadcast during the weekend, Trump said he believed that the United States was “closer” to progress with one game “, and maybe not so close to the other.” He refused to say on which side he progressed. At the same time, however, the president admitted that “it may not be possible to make” an agreement.
When asked how long he would give both countries before getting away from the conversations, Trump said: “Well, there will be a time when I will say: ‘It’s okay, keep going. It’s still stupid and keep fighting.'”
After the Oval office dispute, the Administration has softened its approach to Ukraine, especially as an agreement to give the United States access to some of the rare land minerals of Ukraine finally joined.
At the end of April, Trump expressed his outrage in Putin after his army launched one of the most devastating attacks in the main cities of Ukraine since the war began. “Vladimir, hold!” Trump wrote in Truth Social.
Russia’s attacks have still continued, with their army launching four ballistic missiles and 142 drones in Ukraine during the night, according to Zelenskyy, who had said without providing details on Tuesday that he planned to increase the pressure on Russia.
“The next weeks are expected to be very active for Ukraine in diplomacy,” he said. “We are planning new measures to increase the pressure on Russia, to protect our people. I thank everyone in Ukraine.”
