Vice President Vance said on Sunday that he wanted peace and wants to stop the Ukraine war, to discuss a ceasefire deal ahead of Friday meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
“We have been with the funding of the Ukraine War business. We want to bring a peaceful disposal for this,” Vance told Maria Bartiromo of Fox News on “Sunday morning futures”.
In Alaska, the Trump administration expects a discussion around success and regional acquisition in peace talks with Moscow.
Earlier this week, Kremlin sharedHeritage deal Along with the Trump administration, in lieu of the halt in hostility, is asking for the control of Eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelansky opposed the deal, said Social platform x“Ukraine is ready for real decisions that can bring peace. Any decision against us, any decision without Ukraine, is the same decision against peace.”
Zelansky was not invited to the summit, but white House And the US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitekar has said that This is a possibility And Trump is open to a tripartite summit.
One due to this uneven dealSwift response From European leaders, who said that they would support Trump’s efforts diplomatically and through economic and military means, but a proposal “should protect the important security interests of Ukraine and Europe.”
Trump vowed to end the struggle in 24 hours during his presidential campaign, but the talks have proved harder than anticipated, and the three -year struggle is expensive for both America and Europe.
“American, I think, are ill to send their money, their tax dollars of this particular struggle, but if Europeans want to step into steps and really want to buy weapons from American producers, we are fine with it, but we are no longer going to fund it,” Wanes continued.
This is not the first time the Vice President has asked European leaders to play a big role. However, in June, Trump achieved a historic deal to spend NATO colleagues 5 percent Their GDP on defense.
In July, President createdAnother deal For the US to send deadly weapons to the US with NATO which were purchased by other NATO countries. Both these stages greatly increased Europe’s economic participation in the Russia-Ukraine War.
Vance went to England on Saturday to discuss Trump’s peace efforts.
“What we said to the Europeans, just, first of all, it is in the neck of your forest, it is in your back door, you have got to take steps in this matter and play a big role in this matter, and if you care so much about this struggle then you should have more direct and more way to finance this war.”
