Vance: War in Ukraine will soon not end, according to US mineraldeal

Von WOM

The US Vice President JD Vance recently commented on the conflict in Ukraine and found that the war "will not end so quickly". This happened just a few hours after the signing of an important mineral agreement between Washington and Kiev, which among other things aims at peace in Ukraine.

war development and peace discussions

In conversation with Fox News On Thursday, Vance dampened the optimistic statements from the White House. He also emphasized that US President Donald Trump had achieved a "really big breakthrough" in the peace process. "It is up to you (Ukraine and Russia) to reach an agreement and end this brutal conflict. He won't just disappear," said Vance.

criticism of the current situation

"Of course the Ukrainians are angry because they have been attacked. But we will really continue to lose thousands of soldiers, just to defend a few square kilometers of land? I hope both sides come to reflection," the vice president continues.

Trump's role and attempts to unite

Trump only found last week that Russia and Ukraine were "very close to a deal" after his special envoy Steve Witkoff had spoken to Putin in Kremlin for three hours. The talks to terminate the war, which Trump had previously promised within 24 hours of taking office, have largely stalled, despite several high -ranking meetings and at least two direct phone calls between Trump and the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Moscow and the ceasefire

Moscow continues to refuse to agree to the 30-day ceasefire agreement proposed by the USA, which also approved Ukraine. The Kremlin also calls for the recognition of the Ukrainian areas gained by violence as part of Russia, which would turn international laws upside down. In the meantime, Russia continues its brutal aggression against Ukraine and bombarded cities almost daily that are hundreds of kilometers from the front lines.

The value of the conversations

Vance explained that the only fact that talks take place was already a victory. "I really do not think that any person - of the 8 billion people in the world - could have implemented this deal, apart from Donald J. Trump. When I speak of this deal, I mean to move these two sides into a serious peace agreement," continued the Vice President.

Putin's one -sided ceasefire

At the beginning of the week, Putin announced a one -sided three -day ceasefire in Ukraine from May 8th to 11th. As a result, the Trump administration and the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj repeated the demands for a permanent peace. In the meantime, the Trump administration fluctuates between the blame to Moscow and Kiev for the lack of progress.

Zelenskyjs controversial statements

Last week, Trump Selenskyj criticized the fact that Ukraine would not recognize Russian control over the Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014. Trump described these comments as "very harmful to the peace negotiations with Russia" and added: "Such provocative statements make it so difficult to end this war. The situation for Ukraine is serious - he can have peace or he can continue to fight for three years before losing the whole country."

Developments related to peace talks

on Saturday, after a conversation with Selenskyj at the funeral of Pope Francis, Trump asked whether Putin "may not ... don't want the war to end". The Trump administration has repeatedly threatened to move away from the conversations. Most recently, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Trump may have to re-rate his efforts to make a peace agreement if there were no progress in the next few days.

cnns Kaanita Iyer and Kostya Gak contributed to this article.