War in Ukraine not ending 'any time soon', Vance says

Vance made the comments in a wide-ranging interview, in which he defended Trump's approach to the war in Ukraine. "Yes, of course, [the Ukrainians] are angry that they were invaded," Vance added. "But are we going to continue to lose thousands and thousands of soldiers over a few miles of territory this or that way?" Trump this week suggested that Ukraine might be willing to cede Crimea - which Russia invaded in 2014 - in order to reach a truce settlement. But Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had earlier implied that he would be unable to accept Russian control of the peninsula, citing the Ukrainian constitution. In a separate interview with Fox News on Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there needed to be a "breakthrough" in the conflict soon, otherwise Trump "will have to decide how much time to dedicate to this". Russian president Vladimir Putin this week announced a temporary three-day ceasefire from 8 May, to coincide with anniversary celebrations marking the end of World War Two.