War in Ukraine continues, according to Vance, with no immediate end in sight; he advocates for both parties to negotiate and agree upon peace terms.
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Hey there! Did you catch Vice President JD Vance's take on the current Ukraine situation? In a chat with Fox News on May 1, ol' JD spilled the beans that this mess ain't wrapping up "any time soon."
Guess who's got the big decisions to make now? Yep, you guessed it - the Russians and Ukrainians! Once each side gets a good look at the other's peace terms, it's on them to come to an agreement and put an end to this bloody, brutal conflict, as Vance so eloquently put it to Bret Baier.
Now, remember way back on April 30, JD mentioned the Trump administration was cookin' up a "durable solution" to the Russia-Ukraine brouhaha within the next 100 days? Fox News Digital was the one to spill those beans.
So, what's the latest on negotiations, you ask? JD dropped some knowledge, saying, "The first and necessary step to sorting out this Russia-Ukraine debacle is for each side to put a peace proposal on the table." He elaborated, "We've got the peace proposal out there, and we're gonna put our backs into it for the next 100 days to try and bring these guys together."
So, what about that 100-day timeline set by ol' Donald? Well, that ship's sailed without a deal being struck. Ukraine accepted a 30-day U.S.-backed ceasefire in March, but Russia, the party pooper, doesn't play by the rules. Moscow rejected the ceasefire and upped the ante by demanding an end to Western military aid. Calls for peace have fallen on deaf ears, and Moscow's been stepping up attacks against Ukrainian civilians.
No details are available about JD's involvement in current peace negotiations, but here's the lowdown on the things Russia's been demanding:
- They're hankerin' for Ukraine to fork over control of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts and abandon its dreams of joining the NATO club as a prerequisite for peace talks.
- They're tryin' to be all diplomatic and such by claiming recent ceasefires demonstrate their willingness to negotiate "without preconditions." Yet, their statements contradict this by reiterating territorial demands.
As for the U.S., they've been leading the charge. Trump's proposed framework would require Ukraine to accept Russia's occupation of Crimea and parts of the Donbas, though specifics remain a bit murky. Marco Rubio and envoy Witkoff have been spearheading the diplomatic efforts.
By May 2, 2025, the U.S. under Trump decided to wash its hands of peace talks and call it a day on the shuttle diplomacy.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-demands-remain-key-obstacle-to-peace-ukraine-2023-08-17/[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/03/russia-ukraine-war-donald-trump-plan/[3] https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-trump-biden-europe-d2f0a543271ab81ccc22f540ba363bab
- Vice President JD Vance, in discussions with Fox News, stated that the Russia-Ukraine negotiations might not reach a conclusion "any time soon."
- The current 100-day timeline set by JD for resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict has passed without a deal being struck.
- JD Vance suggested that the first step in resolving the Russia-Ukraine debacle is for each side to present their peace proposals.
- Russia's peace proposals include demands for Ukraine to relinquish control of certain oblasts and abandon its ambitions to join NATO as a prerequisite for peace talks.
