Washington: Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday that Russia needs to “wake up and accept reality” in its ongoing war against Ukraine, emphasising that the US is still pushing for peace, The Hill reported.
“We want peace here,” Vance said during an interview on Fox News. “We have been actively pursuing peace from the very beginning of the administration, but the Russians have got to wake up and accept reality here.”
His remarks follow President Donald Trump’s statement earlier in the week, suggesting that Ukraine is now in a strong position to win the war.
Posting on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, Trump described Russia as a “paper tiger” and said Ukraine could reclaim its full territory with continued support.
“After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Tuesday.
Recently, Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, as per The Hill.
He has previously suggested that Ukraine would have to accept territorial concessions as part of a peace agreement.
Russia currently occupies all of Luhansk and Crimea—annexed by Moscow in 2014—as well as parts of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. The war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, has taken a massive human toll. According to a June estimate by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, over 250,000 Russian soldiers and between 60,000 and 100,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed, according to The Hill. (ANI)
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