Video US Vice -President says that Russia has also made “significant concessions” for the end of the Ukraine war
US Vice President JD Vance claims that both Russia and Ukraine have made “significant conceals” in the direction of a negotiated solution for the Ukraine war, being confident that “energetic diplomacy” will lead to the conflict, according to NBC News and Reuters.
In an interview broadcast on Sunday by the NBC, Vance said that any new sanctions will be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, recognizing that it is unlikely to cause Russia to accept a cessation of fire with Ukraine.
He said, however, that President Trump has already applied “aggressive economic levers”, such as “secondary rates on India, to try to make it difficult to enrich from their oil economy.” Washington has announced this month an additional customs duty for Indian goods, as a punishment for Russian oil purchases.
“He tried to show clearly that Russia can be invited again to the world economy if it stops massacres, but will continue to be isolated if it does not stop the massacres,” Vance said.
On Friday, Donald Trump again evoked the opportunity to introduce sanctions against Russia if no progress is made in the next two weeks, expressing his frustration towards Moscow a week after the meeting he had with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
“Significant concessions from both camps”
JD Vance Vice President claims that he has noticed “significant concessions” from both Ukraine and Russia: “We believe that we have already seen some significant concessions from both camps, only in recent weeks.”
He believes that one of the steps taken by the Russians in this regard was that “they acknowledged that there will be a certain security guarantee” for Ukraine: “I think the Russians have made significant concessions to President Trump for the first time in three and a half years of conflict.”
“They admitted that they would not be able to install a puppet regime in Kiev. This was, of course, a major claim at first. And, importantly, they admitted that there will be a certain security guarantee for the territorial integrity of Ukraine,” added the US Vice -President.
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In an interview for the NBC, broadcast on the same day, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavorv said that a group of nations, including members of the UN Security Council, should guarantee Ukraine's security. According to him, Germany, Turkey and other countries could also be part of the group.
The discussions held in the last week of the Ukraine war have concentrated largely on the form of security guarantees Kiev could receive.
Ukraine stressed the need for robust security guarantees with international support as part of any peace negotiations, accusing Russia of repeatedly violated international commitments, including prior agreements on Ukrainian sovereignty, according to The Kyiv Independent.
Bloomberg reported on August 19 that about 10 European allies are willing to send troops to Ukraine. The United Kingdom, France, Lithuania and Estonia have publicly declared their willingness to take such a step.
US will not send troops to Ukraine
The US has excluded the possibility of sending US troops to Ukraine, a position reconfirmed by the US Vice -President in the interview broadcast on Sunday.
“The president was very clear,” Vance said. “But we will continue to play an active role in trying to ensure that the Ukrainians have security guarantees and trust to stop the war from their perspective, and the Russians can feel that they can bring the war to an end from their perspective,” explained the US Vice -President.
The issue of security guarantees was also addressed by NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, in the discussion with the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, on Friday, in Kiev.
“We are now working together-Ukraine, Europeans, the United States-to ensure that these security guarantees are at a level so Vladimir Vladimirovici Putin, in Moscow, never try to attack Ukraine,” Rutte said in a press conference.
