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US Vice President JD Vance expressed confidence Monday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky would “eventually” agree to discuss peace with Russia, following his bitter Oval Office clash last week with Donald Trump.Read our liveblog for all the latest.
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US Vice President says confident Zelensky will ‘eventually’ talk peace
US Vice President JD Vance expressed confidence Monday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky would “eventually” agree to discuss peace with Russia, following his bitter Oval Office clash last week with Donald Trump.
In an interview with Fox News, Vance said Ukraine’s president conveyed “a lack of respect” during his televised White House meeting Friday with Trump and “showed a clear unwillingness to engage in the peace process” sought by his US counterpart.
“I think Zelensky wasn’t yet there, and I think, frankly, now still isn’t there,” said Vance. “But I think he’ll get there eventually. He has to.”
The interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity was recorded before the White House announced Trump was suspending military aid to Ukraine, a move to push Kyiv to agree to peace negotiations with Russia.
- France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou has torn into US President Donald Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Volodymyr Zelensky, calling it a staggering show of “brutality” that aimed to humiliate Ukraine’s leader.
- President Donald Trump has slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for suggesting that end of Russia’s war against Ukraine is still likely “very, very far away”.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has thanked British Foreign Secretary David Lammy for his country’s role in encouraging Europe to provide for its own defence and push for peace in Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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