Vice President Vance said in an interview on Sunday that the security guarantee for Ukraine would not include American “Boots on the Ground” as the Trump administration pushes to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
“Who are looking at Americans, can you guarantee American shoes on the ground as a part of these safety guarantee?” Kristen Velkar of NBC News asked Vance on “meeting the press”.
“The President is very clear. Ukraine is not going to have shoes on the ground, but we attempt to ensure that Ukrainian has a guarantee of security and he is confident to stop the war at his end,” Vance said.
“And the Russians feel that they can bring the war to a conclusion at their end. It is complex, Christon, but we are trying to play these parties. You know, we are trying to celebrate these parties to talk to each other and continue to play the game of diplomacy, as this is the only way to wrap this,” the vice -president continued.
Russia said on Wednesday that Talks about possible Western security guarantee for Ukraine in a broad peace deal to end the war “is” nowhere “does not participate in the Moscow talks.
Russian External Affairs Minister Sergei Lavarov said at a press conference, “We cannot agree with the fact that now it is proposed to resolve collective security issues without the Russian Union. It will not work.”
“We have already explained more than once that Russia does not eliminate its interests, but we will ensure our legitimate interests strongly and harshly,” Lavrov said.
“And I am sure that at the top of the West and the United States, they fully understand that it is a utopia to discuss seriously on security issues without the Russian Federation, which is nowhere.”
