JD Vance claims there’s one key reason war in Ukraine won’t ‘end anytime soon’
Topics: Donald Trump, JD Vance, Ukraine
Gerrard Kaonga
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Topics: Donald Trump, JD Vance, Ukraine
JD Vance revealed why the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will continue for the time being despite the hopes of peace.
Donald Trump has previously insisted he would be able to get Ukraine and Russia to agree on peace terms, but the conflict has continued despite his best efforts.
With that said, some progress has been made as the US and Ukrainian were able to agree to a key minerals agreement.
However, one of the goals of the agreement is for peace to be reached in Ukraine.
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Speaking to Fox News on May 1, Vance weighed in on the progress that has been made towards that goal.
He said: “It’s going to be up to them [Ukraine and Russia] to come to an agreement and stop this brutal, brutal conflict. It’s not going anywhere. It’s not going to end anytime soon.
“Of course, they [the Ukrainians] are angry that they were invaded, but are we going to continue to lose thousands and thousands of soldiers over a few miles of territory this or that way? I hope both of them come to their senses."
Despite a rather macabre prediction of an ongoing conflict, Vance also told Fox News Digital that Donald Trump has made significant progress.
He said: “The first and necessary step of getting the Russia-Ukraine conflict solved is to get each of them to make a peace proposal.
“And that's actually happened. The Ukrainians have said, ‘This is what we want.’ The Russians have said, ‘This is what we want,’ and now the work of diplomacy is to try to sort of bring these two sides closer together.
"Because there's a very big gulf between what the Russians want and what the Ukrainians want.”
Vance also took a jab at European leaders as he praised Trump for his ongoing work with both Russia and Ukraine in negotiations.
Vance added: “A lot of our European friends who, in public, will say, 'Well, you know, we didn't necessarily agree with the president what he said, or what he's done, or, you know, all parts of his policy'.
“They will at the same time say he's the only person who could have actually forced a peace proposal out of each side because these guys weren't even talking — not to each other, not to anybody. They were just fighting. That was it. So, we've got this first step.”