The US Vice President threatens Russia with sanctions and sending troops to Ukraine if there is no peace agreement
The United States vice president, JD Vance, has warned that Washington could impose sanctions on Russia and even send military to Ukraine in the event that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not accept a peace agreement with Ukraine that guarantees long independence country term.
Vance has affirmed in an interview with the American newspaper that “there are economic pressure tools and, of course, there are military pressure tools” that could be used against Moscow, before influencing Ukraine must have “sovereign independence” as a result of the peace process. In this sense, Vance maintains in the interview that the sending of troops to Ukraine if Russia does not negotiate in good faith is something that “is on the table”, after the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, dropped on Wednesday that Washington I would not take this step within the framework of the conflict.
Hegesh himself said Thursday that the US president, Donald Trump, will negotiate directly with his counterparts from Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Volodimir Zelenski, respectively, with NATO’s allies playing a role, although he did not clarify whether these contacts will take place In a negotiating table.
On the security guarantees that can be offered to Ukraine or military support to kyiv during the negotiations, he argued that future military aid will be on the table “, either to increase or reduce it, something that Washington will use as” stick or carrot ”to advance in the agreement with Ukraine and Russia.
Vance’s words are a certain turn regarding those made by his boss, President Donald Trump, who on Wednesday, announcing that he had talked by phone with Putin and Zelenski, was more complicating with Russian aspirations, stating that Ukraine would have to Make territorial concessions or give up entering NATO. The Russian president supported the thesis of his American counterpart that the time has come for Russia and the United States to set aside their differences and “collaborate.” (EP)
