United States Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday, 13, that the country would hit Moscow with sanctions and potentially military actions if Russian President Vladimir Putin did not agree with a peace agreement with Ukraine to guarantee Kiev’s independence. in the long run.
Vance said the option of sending US troops to Ukraine, if Moscow did not negotiate in good faith, remained “on the table”, adopting a much harder tone than that of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who on Wednesday suggested that the US would not compromise forces.
“There are economic tools for leverage, and of course there are US military leverage tools could use against Putin, said Vance.
Vice-president’s comments made a day before a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered the strongest support of the Trump government to Kiev in the face of Russian demands to disarm and replace the current government.
“The president won’t come in with eye sales,” Vance said. “He will say, ‘Everything is at the table, let’s make a deal.'”
On Thursday, Trump told reporters that Ukraine would be part of the negotiations with Russia, one of Zelensky’s main demands. But Trump also said that Russia should be allowed to return to the G7, a club of rich countries and that Ukraine’s adhesion to the North Atlantic Treaty organization was something Russia could not allow.
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Jd Vance accuses WSJ of distorting talks about sending US troops to Ukraine
Vance accused the Wall Street Journal of distorting his statements about the possible sending of American troops to Ukraine if Russia did not accept negotiating the end of the conflict. “As we always said, US troops should never be endangled where it does not collaborate with US interests and security,” Vance said in his X profile. “This war is between Russia and Ukraine.”
Vance hardly criticized the newspaper, stating that “the fact that WSJ has distorted my words the way they did it is absurd, but not surprising, considering that they spent years defending the unnecessary sending of more American children and daughters for missions abroad ”.
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The vice president also pointed out that President Donald Trump is the “definitive negotiator” capable of reaching a peace agreement in Ukraine. According to Vance, the Republican will be responsible for bringing “peace to the region by ending the war.”
