Vance says US will ‘walk away’ unless Ukraine and Russia accept peace deal

US vice-president suggests ‘some territorial swaps’ are needed that may freeze conflict along current frontlines

The US vice-president has called on Ukraine and Russia to accept a US-led peace proposal that would see the conflict frozen roughly along the current frontlines and threatened that Washington would “walk away” if it was not accepted.

Speaking on a trip to India, JD Vance said there would have to be “some territorial swaps” to reach a deal in public comments that came as London hosted a Ukraine peace conference that the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, had withdrawn from.