United States Vice President JD Vance said that Russia has made “significant concessions” working towards a negotiated settlement in its conflict with Ukraine, reported the news portal NBC News on Sunday, 24 August 2025.

Vance highlighted that Russia has made these ‘concessions’ for the first time in three and a half years of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, which started in February 2022.

“I think the Russians have made significant concessions to President Trump for the first time in three and a half years of this conflict,” JD Vance said on NBC’s show Meet the Press with Kristen Welker on Sunday.

Vance also claimed that Russia has acknowledged that there will be some ‘security guarantee’ for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

“He’s tried to make it clear that Russia can be re-invited into the world economy if they stop the killing, but they’re going to continue to be isolated if they don’t stop the killing,” Vance said on Sunday.

Trump’s Russia-Ukraine peace deal target

JD Vance’s comment comes nearly one week after US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met at the White House, and Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

The meeting between Trump, Zelensky and other major European leaders on 18 August concluded, with plans to soon set up a ‘three-party’ meeting involving Russian President Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky to work things out on a potential ‘peace deal.’

Trump also stated that he may potentially attend the meeting along with President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Vladimir Putin to negotiate the peace deal.

“I confirmed — and all European leaders supported me — that we are ready for a bilateral meeting with Putin,” Zelensky said after the meeting, according to a Ukrainian media report. However, no agreement has been finalised so far, as people around the world await an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.