Ukraine-Russia peace deal unlikely to satisfy either side, says Vance
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US Vice-President J.D. Vance said the US is aiming for a settlement both countries can accept.
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WASHINGTON - US Vice-President J.D. Vance said a negotiated settlement between Russia and Ukraine is unlikely to satisfy either side, and any peace deal will likely leave both Moscow and Kyiv “unhappy”.
He said the US is aiming for a settlement both countries can accept.
“It’s not going to make anybody super happy. Both the Russians and the Ukrainians, probably, at the end of the day, are going to be unhappy with it,” he said on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.
US President Donald Trump said on Aug 8 that he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin
Mr Trump said Russia and Ukraine were close to a ceasefire deal that could end the three-and-a-half-year conflict, possibly requiring Ukraine to surrender significant territory.
Mr Zelensky, however, said on Aug 9 that Ukraine cannot violate its Constitution on territorial issues, adding that “Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupiers”.
In the Fox News interview recorded on Aug 8, Mr Vance said the US was working to schedule talks between Mr Putin, Mr Zelensky and Mr Trump, but he did not think it would be productive for Mr Putin to meet Mr Zelensky before speaking with Mr Trump.
“We’re at a point now where we’re trying to figure out, frankly, scheduling and things like that, around when these three leaders could sit down and discuss an end to this conflict,” he said.
A White House official said late on Aug 9 that Mr Trump was open to a summit with both leaders, but that right now, the White House was planning for the bilateral meeting requested by Mr Putin. REUTERS
