The Vice President of the United States said they could hurt the sanctions and possible military action if the Russian president did not consent to a peace agreement with the guarantee of Kiev’s long -term independence, according to.
“There are financial leverage tools, there are natural military leverage tools” that the US could use against Putin, Vans said in an interview with the newspaper.
Jay Di Vance: “We want Ukraine to have dominant independence”
“There are plenty of wording, plenty of shapes, but we want Ukraine to have dominant independence,” he said.
The US president discussed yesterday, Wednesday, the war with Russian President Vladimir Putin and separately with the Ukrainian president and asked US officials to begin talks on ending the conflict that lasts almost three years.
Phone communications were made shortly after US Defense Minister Pete Hegshez told Ukraine military allies in Brussels that a return to Ukraine’s pre -2014 border – before Russia annexed Crimea -.
After his telephone contact with Putin.
“All on the table – there will be agreement and shock many”
Earlier yesterday, Trump said Ukraine would participate in possible peace talks with Russia. He told reporters at the White House that Ukraine would have a place on the table during any peace negotiations with Russia to end the war.
Kiev said it would be early to talk to Moscow at a current security conference.
“I think there is an agreement that will arise from it and shock many,” Vance said, according to the newspaper.
“The president will not go to it with blinds,” Vance said. “He will say, ‘everything is on the table, let’s make a deal.’
Vance also agreed that Trump can change his mind depending on how the negotiations would go ahead.
“President Trump could say, see, we don’t want this, we may not like it, but we are willing to bring it back to the table if the Russians are not good partners in the negotiation or if there are things that are very important for The Ukrainians we may want to get out of the table, “he said.
