Vice President Vance on Monday questioned whether or not Russian President Vladimir Putin has a technique to get out of the warfare in Ukraine forward of a name between Putin and President Trump.
“I’m not sure that Vladimir Putin has a strategy himself for how to unwind the war,” Vance advised reporters on Air Drive Two.
The vp’s feedback got here shortly earlier than Trump received on the telephone with Putin for a excessive stakes name because the administration seeks to dealer a ceasefire in Ukraine. Trump can also be slated to speak Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“I think the president’s going to say to President Putin, look, are you serious? Are you real about this?” Vance advised reporters.
“We’re at a degree the place we’re hitting an deadlock and that’s why the president is speaking to him on the telephone,” he added. “I think honestly that President Putin, he doesn’t quite know how to get out of the war.”
Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 after amassing troops close to the border.
The Trump administration has in latest weeks aired frustrations with either side of the warfare after consensus on a 30-day ceasefire proposal was not reached. The secretary of state and vp have threatened to stroll away from peace talks if a deal isn’t reached quickly.
Officers from Ukraine and Russia met final Friday in Turkey for the first direct peace talks since Russia’s invasion, although Putin didn’t attend.
