US Ready To Put Pressure On Russia: Vance

VICE President JD Vance said on Friday the United States was prepared to put pressure on Russia to end the three-year-old war in Ukraine, ahead of a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Vance also sought to reassure European nations worried about being frozen out of talks on ending the nearly three-year-old conflict, saying "of course" they should be at the table—but adding that Europe needed to share more of the burden for its own defence.

"The president is not going to go in this with blinders on," Vance was quoted as saying in the Wall Street Journal. "He's going to say, 'Everything is on the table, let's make a deal.'"

Vance also said Washington had "military leverage" it could use against Russia, and that he backed Ukraine's "sovereign independence".

Speaking before meeting with Vance in Munich, Zelenskyy said he was ready for direct talks with Russia once Kyiv reached a common position with the United States and Europe on how to end the war.