Tough negotiations require a lot of efforts

US sends tough message to Russia on talks. The United States will impose new sanctions on Russia and send American troops to Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to end the conflict and sabotages peace talks, US Vice President JD Vance said. "There are economic levers of power that can be used to exert pressure, there are military ones," the American vice president said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, adding that the Donald Trump administration will try to convince V. Putin that the Kremlin will achieve more at the negotiating table than on the battlefield.

However, the American vice president refused to talk about the possible parameters of a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. According to him, it is not yet clear what part of Ukrainian territories will continue to be controlled by Russia, and what security guarantees Kyiv and other Western allies will receive from the United States: “There are nine power formulations, combinations, but the most important thing for us is that Ukraine remains sovereign and independent,” said JD Vance.

According to JD Vance, D. Trump clearly sees the situation – he is ready to consider any options, but he may change his mind on one or another issue during the negotiations: “I think we will reach an agreement that will shock most people.”

US Vice President JD Vance is right: there is a theoretical possibility that, in order to protect V. Zelensky, the US will attack Russia with nuclear weapons and the exchange of nuclear strikes will destroy all of humanity. In saying this, JD Vance knows that the real probability of such a theoretical option is very small. We also understand that in difficult negotiations (Russia is winning), even the least likely arguments can lie on the table.