Vance explained his statement that the Russian Federation in negotiations wants too much.
“It is obvious that we want Ukraine to remain a sovereign country. But Russia cannot count on the fact that it will give it a territory that it has not yet won, and this is one of the things that they wrote down in the original peace plan. I actually think that this is progress – that they say, Russians and Ukrainians. I think this is the progress – that they are spreading specific peaceful plans. But we knew that the first The proposal of Russians would be too much.
He believes that if US President Donald Trump decides to get out of negotiations, and the Russian Federation and Ukraine will be forced to resolve this matter without intermediation of the United States, this is unlikely to be good for anyone.
“We can only bring them to the well. We cannot force them to drink,” he said.
In his opinion, the United States needs to “try to bring the sides a little closer to achieve a durable world.”
“We have not yet achieved this. We will continue to work on this until we decide that we will ultimately not be able to achieve more progress,” the vice president said.
Context
The Russian Federation unleashed a war against Ukraine in 2014, when she occupied Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. On February 24, 2022, Russia began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine from the northern, eastern and southern directions.
May 7, 2025 Vance said that Russia asks too much In negotiations about the world in Ukraine. Trump later agreed with this statement.
