The exhaustion of Europe, Russia’s superiority: U.S. Vice President Vance explained why peace should come in Ukraine

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance believes that peace must be established in Ukraine because Europe’s weapons stockpiles and military industry are exhausted, while Russia has a “numerical superiority” that continued military aid to Ukraine will not overcome.

Vance expressed this view in a post on his social media platform X.

He listed five reasons why, in his opinion, the war should end:

1. Western European countries pursue domestic policies on migration and censorship that “offend the sensibilities of most Americans” and have a defense policy based on “constant overreliance” on the U.S.
2. “The Russians have enormous numerical superiority in manpower and weaponry in Ukraine, and this advantage will remain regardless of further Western aid packages. Again, aid is currently being delivered.”
3. The U.S. “retains significant influence over both sides of the conflict.”
4. To end the conflict, it is necessary to “talk to the people who were involved in starting and maintaining it.”
5. “The conflict has placed and continues to place strain on the tools of American statecraft, from military stockpiles to sanctions (and much more).” The ongoing war is bad for Russia, bad for Ukraine, and bad for Europe. “But most importantly, it is bad for the United States.”

“Given these facts, we must strive for peace, and we must strive for it now. President Trump campaigned on this, he won on this, and he is right about this. It is lazy, ahistorical nonsense to attack this approach as ‘appeasement’ (a reference to the accusations against Trump for wanting to end the war in Ukraine through compromise). Recognizing that America’s interests must account for the realities of the conflict is not appeasement. It is this interest—not moralizing or historical ignorance—that will shape President Trump’s policy in the coming weeks,” Vance stated.

Earlier, Vance called Zelensky’s approach to negotiations disgraceful.