US V-P Vance says Ukraine peace deal unlikely to satisfy either side
US Vice-President J.D. Vance said the US is aiming for a settlement both countries can accept.
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 in a Fox News interview that aired on Aug 10.
US President Donald Trump said on Aug 8 he will
meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug 15 in Alaska to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
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 Aug 9 that Ukraine cannot violate its constitution on territorial issues, adding, "Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupiers."
In the Fox News interview recorded on Aug 8, Mr Vance said the United States 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 with Mr Zelensky before speaking with Mr Trump.
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"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. REUTERS
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