The United States will “walk away” from talks if Russia and Ukraine reject an “explicit proposal” by U.S. officials to end the three-year war, said Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday, referring to ongoing negotiations between the involved parties.
“We’ve issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and the Ukrainians, and it’s time for them to either say yes, or for the United States to walk away from this process,” Vance told reporters after visiting the Taj Mahal in India, answering a question about the negotiations.
The White House has “engaged in an extraordinary amount of diplomacy, of on-the-ground work. We’ve really tried to understand things from the perspective of both the Ukrainians and the Russians. What do Ukrainians care the most about? What do the Russians care the most about? And I think that we’ve put together a very fair proposal.”…