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Jay Di Vance said yesterday Wednesday (20.08.2025) that it is the European countries that should have the maximum share of security guarantees demanded by Ukraine, in a war with Russia since February 2022, to end the armed conflict.
In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Vance said the US should not “take on” the assurance of Kiev’s post -war security.
“I don’t think we should lift the weight” in this case, “Vanz said in a broadcast by Fox News, the television network that the Right in the US prefers.
“I think we need to help if it is necessary to end the war and stop killing. But I think we should expect, and President (USA Donald Trump) certainly expects that Europe will play the lead role, “he added.
“Regardless of the form it will, Europeans should take the lion’s lion’s share,” he insisted.
At the same time, Vance noted that “Ukraine wants to ensure that it will not receive an invasion again and that it has long -term territorial integrity. The Russians, on the other hand, want specific territories. “
Vance’s comments came one day after the US President Donald Trump was excluded from the possibility of sending US troops to Ukraine, while suggesting that Washington could provide “air” support.
The issue of post -war security guarantees for Ukraine is an important question mark on Trump’s attempt to end the conflict.
Having hosted Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski, and leading European leaders in the White House for War talks on Monday, Trump said European countries would be the “first line of defense”, but that Washington would offer “great help”.
While Trump has excluded Ukraine’s accession to NATO, his special envoy, Steve Whitkov, and NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte, have set the possibility of offering Kiev a guarantee of security similar to the 32 -member collective defense.
According to Article 5 of the Treaty of the North Atlantic, an armed attack on a NATO member state is considered an attack on all members of the Alliance.
While Trump has stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to the possibility of parking European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, Moscow has repeatedly rejected the possibility of parking troops from NATO countries at its border.
New Russian attacks
The Russian Armed Forces continued the blows with unmanned aerial vehicles and rockets against Ukrainian cities and tonight despite the ongoing peace initiatives, The Kyiv Independent said today.
As also reported by the RBC – Ukraine news agency, explosions were heard from Kiev to the city of LVV, in Western Ukraine, on the other side of the country compared to where the fronts are in the east.
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The same agency, citing Lviv’s military regional governor, Maxim Kozitski, said that anti -aircraft defense data were activated.
Russia’s Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery, located in Rostov region, is burning after Ukrainian attacks.
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An alarm for air raids had been declared in the capital already last night and drones were continuing at night; and there, anti -aircraft defense was attempting.
There is no information on loss or material damage yet. The size of the attack is not clear.