Vance: Ceasefire agreement likely to leave both sides unhappy
Vance made the remarks in an interview with Fox News aired on Sunday ahead of the upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
Vance said that the Trump administration is "going to try to find some negotiated settlement that the Ukrainians and the Russians can live with, where they can live in relative peace, where the killing stops."
He added: "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."
Vance also noted that Washington is working to schedule three-way talks between Trump, Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Asked whether he wants Putin to meet Zelenskyy before a meeting with Trump, Vance said that he did not think that would be very productive.
He indicated that summit talks between Trump and Putin will take place before any other negotiations.
Zelenskyy and European leaders are concerned that the US and Russian leaders may discuss territorial issues without any involvement by Ukraine.
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