Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a new interview with The New Yorker that Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R), the Republican nominee for vice president, “is too radical.”
“He is too radical,” Zelensky said in the interview , released Sunday, of Vance.
In the interview, Zelensky said Vance’s “message seems to be that Ukraine must make a sacrifice.”
“The idea that the world should end this war at Ukraine’s expense is unacceptable,” the Ukrainian president continued.
Vance has previously raised doubt that the U.S. can continue providing military support to Ukraine, as he has stated the U.S. doesn’t make enough munitions to sustain the level of assistance sent to Kyiv. Vance has also pushed for engagement with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past for “America’s interests.”
“I’ve never once argued that Putin is a kind and friendly person. I’ve argued that he’s a person with distinct interests, and the United States has to respond to that person with distinct interests,” Vance said earlier this year at the Munich Security Conference.