Russia says European leaders don’t want peace in Ukraine, just as Vance says we will continue to work | U.S. foreign policy

Russia accuses Western European leaders of not wanting peace in Ukraine as Moscow’s top diplomat praises efforts Donald Trump To end the war, although Vice President JD Vance said the United States would “continue to work hard” in broker negotiations without a deal.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Ukraine.

He said Trump has surpassed European leaders and they accompany the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Talk in the White House Last week, immediately Summit On August 15, between the U.S. President and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska.

“We want peace in Ukraine. He wants President Trump to want peace in Ukraine. [the] The Anchorage Conference is a gathering of these European representatives in Washington and what they did after Washington, which shows that they do not want peace. ” Lavrov said.

Alaska talks neither set a ceasefire nor offer agreements for Zelenskyy and Putin, and are widely considered Public Relations Victory For Russian leaders.

LavrovMassive sanctions or large-scale tariffs or both“Oppose Moscow. When asked whether Putin wants peace and said Putin and Trump respect each other, he said “yes” alliance Leaders such as Emmanuel Macron of France, Friedrich Merz of Germany, Keir Starmer of Britain and Ursula von der Leyen of the EU Must strengthen Zelenskyy’s visit.

In recent days, European leaders have pledged to support security assurances as part of a peace agreement, although Russia already has Refuse frankly The prospect of troops from European countries is in Ukraine.

Trump has Excludes sending US troopsaccording to reports, his government has Blocked Ukraine’s use Long-range missiles provided by the United States attack Russia.

Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Zelenskyy on Sunday that he supported Ukraine’s call for strong security assurances and that Canada would not rule out dispatching troops.

Earlier Air strikes by US electronics manufacturing companies In the western part of the country.

“The motivation for deciding President Trump is not for lawmakers or any media. We respect President Trump because President Trump defends the interests of the U.S. nation. I have reason to believe President Trump respects President Putin because he defends Russia’s national interests,” he said.

Critics, including some conservative voices, Very shocked By what they think Putin manipulates Trump in Ukraine and the U.S. elections.

Meanwhile, Lavrov denied that Russia attacked civilian targets, including schools, hospitals and churches, suggesting Russia’s extraordinary claim throughout the war that Ukraine attacked its own people.

“Our intelligence has good information, we only target military enterprises, military sites or industrial enterprises directly involved in military equipment [the] Ukrainian army,” he said.

Vance appeared separately on the same Sunday morning show and insisted that Russia deserved credits it was ready to end the conflict that Trump had already had Said more than 50 times He will resolve it “in one day” while the vice president warns of a longer process.

“I think the Russians made important concessions to President Trump for the first time in three and a half years of this conflict,” Vance said.

“They have realized that they will not be able to install a puppet regime in Kiev. Of course, this is the main need at the beginning. And, importantly, they acknowledge that they will have some security assurances on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.”

Vance historically said peace talks were “fitting and beginning” and warned that he did not think the end of the war would “have overnight.”

Vance said of Russia in a comment that was not further clarified: “Should they start a war? Of course, they don’t. But we are making progress.” Trump in February Criticize Ukrainesaid: “You should never start it.”

Vance said any sanctions against Russia would be “on a case basis”, but he still hopes that the U.S. efforts will bring Zelenskyy and Putin together.

“It’s complicated, but we will continue to try to convince these parties to talk to each other and continue playing diplomatic games because that’s the only way to get this thing over.”

Lavrov still insists that Russia also wants peace and recognizes that “Ukraine has the right to exist.” But he said, “must let go” refers to Putin’s demands that Russia’s Ukrainian Peninsula seized by Russia in 2014, as well as the southern and eastern regions (such as Donbas), as part of the peace agreement.

“In Crimea [they] Decide that they belong to Russian culture. ” He quoted Controversial referendum in 2014 It is illegally condemned by most of the world.

Sen. Chris Coons, a Democratic Connecticut, said on CNN Friday that stronger U.S. action is needed because “Putin will not stop until we stop him.”