Vice President JD Vance told reporters this week that now is the time for Russia and Ukraine to move forward with peace talks — before the U.S. is forced to walk away from brokering a deal.
“We’ve issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and Ukrainians, and it’s time for them to either say yes or for the US to walk away from this process,” Vance told reporters during his trip to India. “We’ve engaged in an extraordinary amount of diplomacy.”
High-stakes peace talks are expected to continue this week.
From The New York Post:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was expected to take part in the tense London discussions, has already bailed on the summit, where the US is expected to continue its push for a quick end to the conflict despite Ukraine’s commitment to keeping territory occupied by Russia, CNN reported.
The US expects Ukraine to respond to a peace proposal — described as Trump’s “final offer” — that includes official US recognition of Crimea as part of Russia and “de facto recognition” of most of the areas Russia has occupied since the 2022 invasion, sources familiar with the discussions told Axios.
Ukraine would also be barred from joining NATO, but could potentially join the European Union, according to a one-page document outlining the key points of the proposal that was presented to European leaders in Paris last week.
Additionally, all sanctions imposed on Russia since 2014 would be lifted and Washington and Moscow will pledge greater economic cooperation, particularly regarding energy production, Axios reported.
Ukraine in return would receive “a robust security guarantee” from European and non-European countries, but the details on what that would look like were not immediately clear.
Watch Vance speak to the press below:
🚨 BREAKING: VP JD Vance says US will “WALK AWAY” if Russia and Ukraine don’t come to a ceasefire deal…
“It’s time for them to either say ‘yes,’ or for the United States to walk away from this process.”
“We’ve put together a very fair proposal.”
“It’s now time, I think, to… pic.twitter.com/OfI63m2LQg
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 23, 2025
More over at The New York Post:
JD Vance threatens to abandon Russia, Ukraine peace negotiations with Trump’s ‘final offer’ on the table https://t.co/O7dn5fdFyg pic.twitter.com/LoMsr8iJ4u
— New York Post (@nypost) April 23, 2025
