U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance stated that the United States expects both Ukraine and Russia to give up parts of the territories they currently control in order to reach a peace agreement.
He made the remarks on Wednesday, April 23, while on a visit to India, Ukrinform reports, citing Bloomberg.
“The current lines, somewhere close to them is where you’re ultimately, I think, going to draw the new lines in the conflict,” Vance told reporters.
He added that doing so would mean both Ukraine and Russia would have to give up some territory each side currently controls.
According to him, the time has come for both sides to say “yes” to the U.S. proposal, or the United States will withdraw from the negotiation process.
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump warned that he is ready to abandon efforts aimed at ending the war in Ukraine if a deal is not reached between the parties soon.
As Ukrinform reported earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Russia is afraid of real negotiations, and is attempting to push the United States out of the peace talks to assert its own leadership.
Source: U.S. expects territorial concessions from Ukraine and Russia – J.D. Vance
