THIS will end the war in Ukraine: Vance

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U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker on Russia's demands stalling peace talks, the 'cards' President Trump can use to encourage peace and a report that the Pentagon is preventing Ukraine from using long-range missiles to attack Russia. #foxnews #usnews #news #media #breaking #usa #us #mattwhitaker #nato #russia #ukraine #pentagon #longrangemissiles #trump #peace  Subscribe to Fox News: https://bit.ly/2vBUvAS Watch more Fox News Video: http://video.foxnews.com Watch Fox News Channel Live: http://www.foxnewsgo.com/ Download the Fox News app: https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS/cd5yhg3o Become a Fox News Patriot member! www.youtube.com/@FoxNews/join  FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most-watched television news channel for 18 consecutive years. According to a 2020 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index report, FOX News is the top brand in the country for morning and evening news coverage. A 2019 Suffolk University poll named FOX News as the most trusted source for television news or commentary, while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Analysis survey found that FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. A 2017 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among Americans who could name an objective news source, FOX News was the top-cited outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the genre.  Watch full episodes of your favorite shows The Five: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/the-five Special Report with Bret Baier: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/special-report Jesse Watters Primetime: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/jesse-watters-primetime Hannity: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/hannity The Ingraham Angle: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/ingraham-angle Gutfeld!: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/gutfeld Fox News @ Night: https://www.foxnews.com/video/shows/fox-news-night  Follow Fox News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoxNews/ Follow Fox News on X: https://x.com/foxnews Follow Fox News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foxnews/  # news #breaking #24x7

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00:00And 22 minutes now before the top of the hour, Vice President J.D. Vance suggesting energetic

00:05diplomacy is what will end the war between Ukraine and Russia. Listen.

00:11We're trying to negotiate as much as we can with both the Russians and the Ukrainians to find a

00:16middle ground to stop the killing. I think what the president has tried to do here is try to engage

00:20in very aggressive, very energetic diplomacy because this war is not in anyone's interest.

00:26It's not in Europe or the United States' interest. We don't think it's in Russia or Ukraine's

00:30interest to keep going. So we're going to keep on pushing for a diplomatic solution.

00:34The problem is I think Russia thinks it's in their interest. Joining us right now is NATO

00:38Ambassador Matt Whitaker. Matt, look at the demands that Russia just hoisted on us. No NATO membership,

00:45surrender the whole Donbass region that's been fortified and held off Russian offenses since

00:512014. I don't see that happening. No Western troops on Ukrainian soil. 180-degree turn from what we

00:57thought was agreed upon in Alaska. That seems like three non—or two of three non-starters.

01:06Yeah, those are certainly maximalist demands from the Russian side. And, you know, Brian,

01:11good to be with you. I think what J.D. Vance is saying is absolutely right. You know,

01:15President Trump's the only one that could bring Vladimir Putin to the table. You know,

01:19he has certainly got our Ukrainian friends in a place where they are willing to, you know,

01:27make peace. And I think he's going to keep working it. You know, before I was a diplomat,

01:31I was a lawyer, as you know, Brian, and participated in a lot of mediations. And what you see out of

01:36mediators, kind of the role President Trump's playing is trying to get everybody, you know,

01:41to give up a little something, get them closer to the middle, get them closer to a deal. And I think

01:45that's what you're seeing. And there's so many cards that President Trump can still play, Brian.

01:50You know, we obviously were moving weapons at NATO here to selling American armaments and munitions

01:56to our European NATO allies in Canada, who are then giving them to Ukraine. So that, you know,

02:02that certainly can be ramped up and is going very well. But we also have tariffs and secondary

02:08sanctions. You've seen India not happy that those were put on them. China should be, and Brazil,

02:14who are also buying Russian oil, should be ready if they, you know, don't help the world bring this

02:20to an end. So President Trump has a lot of cards. And I think that energetic diplomacy is exactly

02:25right. That's what he's doing. He's bringing all the tools that he has at his disposal. He's playing

02:30them appropriately, trying to get the folks to an agreement on peace. Ambassador, the main problem

02:36is the reason why the president's had success, in my humble opinion, with the other six wars that

02:40he stopped, as both sides thought they needed to stop. It's how it was going to stop. I don't think

02:46both sides think this should stop. It looks like Ukraine is the one. What do you think about Lavrov,

02:53who is a, whatever you think of him, he's an experienced foreign policy person, going on the

02:58offensive, sitting down with an American network and saying this ridiculous statement. Watch.

03:05We never target civilian, civilian sides, that we only attack the sides which are directly involved

03:15in the Ukrainian military machine, which the West is trying to beef up. And if you have any proof of

03:29what you just said about churches, kindergarten, schools, and so on and so forth, I challenge you.

03:35Sure. Make it public.

03:38He doesn't think we have video of him hitting apartment buildings in schools? I mean, why say

03:44something so farcical? Yeah, well, I think it's been said before, if Lavrov's mouth is moving,

03:51then he's lying. Because this is not someone that has a deep connection with facts and reality. But at the

03:58same time, you know, I think the Russians have a domestic political issue where they've essentially

04:03said that Ukraine's not a real country. Zelensky's not a real leader, not an elected

04:10democratic president. And so there's been several things that they've staked, you know, position out

04:15that's just incorrect. And I think it's very difficult for them to square that circle. But,

04:20you know, one of the things Ukraine is developing is deep strike capabilities. In addition to what

04:24the United States weapons that our European allies are buying and then providing together

04:30with Canada to Ukraine. And so that deep strike capabilities in the recent attacks by the Ukrainians

04:36on Russian oil and gas infrastructure is slowly changing the calculation. Together with what I

04:44mentioned earlier on the tariffs and sanctions, we're going to get to a piece. And I think President

04:49Trump is the only person that is going to be able to bring this to a conclusion. But again,

04:54both sides are going to have to agree to a deal. He's got to turn the screws. I agree with you about

04:58Lavrov, but he speaks for Putin. So that's what we're dealing with. Real quick, the Wall Street

05:02Journal came out with a story saying that quietly the Pentagon is preventing Ukraine from using the

05:09long-range missiles, the Atakums, to strike in Russia. The president put on Truth Social that he

05:16thought it's hard to win a war when you're only in the defensive and not able to attack the other

05:20country. They don't seem to mesh. Is the White House on a different page from the Pentagon?

05:28Well, President Trump's absolutely right. You know, you can't fight a war with one or two hands

05:33tied behind your back. And whether or not they are able to use American weapons to do deep strikes,

05:39they're developing their own technology that is going to be certainly unshackled from anybody

05:43telling them what to do and what they can't do. But at the same time, President Trump is a duly

05:48elected president of the United States. He gets to decide what the U.S. policies are. And if he

05:52thinks that Ukraine should be able to use American weapons that are being bought by our Canadian and

05:58European NATO allies to be used for deep strikes, then they'll be used for deep strikes.

06:03You got it. Ambassador Matt Whitaker, busy guy these days. Thanks so much.

06:06I'm Steve Doocy. I'm Brian Kilmeade. And I'm Ainsley Earhart. And click here to subscribe to the

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