Vance says Russia's demands are too high, but there's still a path to 'durable peace' with Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said that the concessions that Russia is seeking from Ukraine to extremity the struggle betwixt the 2 are excessively stringent, but helium believes determination is simply a viable way guardant for bid and wants some to find communal ground. 

"The measurement that we would similar to marque close now, is we would similar some the Russians and the Ukrainians to really hold connected immoderate basal guidelines for sitting down and talking to 1 another," Vance said present Wednesday astatine the Munich Leaders Meeting successful Washington. 

"We deliberation that if chill heads prevail here, we tin bring this happening to a durable bid that volition beryllium economically beneficial for some Ukrainians and the Russians," Vance said. 

Vance appeared for a treatment with Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, president of the Foundation Council of the Munich Security Conference and the erstwhile German ambassador to the U.S. 

Vance has urged for European nations to bolster defence spending and summation European independence, aligning with the Trump administration's "America First" docket that has pushed NATO allies to beef up their ain subject spending.

The lawsuit comes arsenic Ischinger precocious cautioned that immoderate attempts to found a peacekeeping unit successful Ukraine to extremity the struggle betwixt Moscow and Kyiv absent the U.S. could mean the "de facto extremity of NATO," according to Politico. 

Should the U.K. and France nonstop a peacekeeping unit determination similar they’ve some discussed without U.S. involvement, that could punctual Russia to impeach Ukrainians of starting a conflict, Ischinger said successful a Politico interrogation published Monday. 

VANCE'S ‘AMERICA FIRST’ APPROACH GOES GLOBAL, TAKES HARDLINE MESSAGE TO GREENLAND 

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky astatine the White House successful February.  (Getty)

"And truthful the Europeans successful Ukraine would perchance beryllium changeable at, and would request to reply, to prosecute without the United States connected their side," Ischinger said. "Quite frankly, that would beryllium the extremity of NATO arsenic we cognize it."

Vance antecedently appeared astatine the Munich Security Council successful February, wherever helium laid retired the Trump administration’s stance that Europe "step up successful a large mode to supply for its ain defense." 

He besides cautioned that Russia and China don't airs arsenic large a menace to European nations arsenic the "threat from within," successful respect to issues similar censorship and amerciable immigration.

European leaders pushed backmost connected the remarks astatine the time, with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said helium perceived the comments arsenic a examination to "conditions successful parts of Europe with those successful authoritarian regimes."

This is simply a breaking quality communicative and volition beryllium updated.