Vance Threatens Military Action to Push Russia on Ukraine Deal

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🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Feb. 14. Vice President JD Vance tells the Journal that the U.S. could send troops to Ukraine if Moscow fails to negotiate to end the war there in good faith. But President Trump’s decision to hold direct talks with Russia is a win for President Vladimir Putin, and WSJ reporter Matthew Luxmoore says the Kremlin leader is in a position to play the long game. Plus, more than 200,000 federal workers become the focus of a new round of Trump administration layoffs. And TikTok returns to the Apple and Google mobile-app stores in the U.S. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.8	to Americans, and we'll recap a whirlwind week of diplomacy as the U.S. pushes for an end to the war in Ukraine.
0:51.7	It does look like things could move fairly fast at this stage.
0:55.3	The one big wildcard here is how long it will take to actually arrange a deal.
1:00.5	Putin understands that he can play the long game in Ukraine.
1:03.6	It's Friday, February 14th.
1:05.5	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.
1:07.4	And here is the AM edition of What's News.
1:10.7	The top headlines and business
1:12.1	stories moving your world today.
1:16.1	Vice President J.D. Vance and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy are set to meet today in Munich,
1:22.6	capping a busy week of U.S. diplomacy to spur peace talks to end the war in Ukraine. In an interview with the
1:29.1	journal Vance, said the U.S. wants to persuade Russia that it will get more at the negotiating table
1:35.0	than on the battlefield, and he threatened to hit Moscow with sanctions or potentially send U.S.
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