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Vance denies criticising UK, France over Ukraine peacekeeping proposal

US Vice President JD Vance introduces his friend and President Donald Trump's nominee to be undersecretary of defense for policy, Elbridge Colby, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2025 in Washington, DC [Chip Somodevilla/AFP]

United States Vice President JD Vance has denied that his criticism of a potential European peacekeeping force in Ukraine was aimed at the United Kingdom and France, both of which have supported US-led wars in the past.

Vance, in an interview with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity aired Monday evening, said the economic pact with Kyiv sought by President Donald Trump “is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”.

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