JD Vance on the end of the war: Russia and Ukraine will have to exchange territories

Russia and Ukraine will have to exchange territories to reach an agreement on the end of the war – said US vice president JD Vance, quoted by the Bloomberg agency. He said that, if the parties disagreed with the American peace proposal, the US will “withdraw from this process.”

JD Vance, who is visiting until Thursday Indiasaid that “some territorial exchanges would have to take place.”

According to the US vice president, the lines of demarcation of Russian and Ukrainian forces should take place “near the current lines” of the front. The politician added that this would mean that both Moscow and Kiev would have to agree to give some of the territories they currently control.

Vance emphasized that the US presented Russia and Ukraine “very clear proposal” regarding the road to the peace agreement. He warned that in the event of a refusal the United States “would withdraw from this process.”

As Bloomberg noted, “freezing the conflict along the existing front line would be a much greater sacrifice for Ukraine, which strives to regain all (lost) territory in the east and south of the country.”

“Financial Times” about Putin's proposal

The head of American diplomacy Marco Rubio handed over to the Secretary on April 18 NATO Marek Ruttem, that “if a bright path to the room is not emerged soon, the United States will withdraw from efforts to mediate” between Russia and Ukraine.

As the British daily “Financial Times” wrote on Tuesday, citing the sources close to the case, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin He proposed to stop the invasion of Ukraine on the current line of the front.

If we start talking about sovereign territories, this format becomes an extension of the war, and this is what Russia wants – warned the President of Ukraine on Tuesday Wołodymyr Zelanski.