Vice President JD Vance said that President Donald Trump will ask Russian President Vladimir Putin if he is serious about peace with Ukraine during their phone call.

Trump and Russia’s Putin spoke as Ukraine and Europe push for a ceasefire. For context: Russia and Ukraine engaged in direct talks last week for the first time since the war began — but the negotiations were short-lived and resulted only in a prisoner swap.

We're more than open to walking away,” Vance told reporters aboard Air Force Two as he returned from Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass in Rome. “The United States is not going to spin its wheels here. We want to see outcomes.

Vice President JD Vance considered traveling to Israel on Tuesday but decided against it due to the expansion of Israel's military operation in Gaza, a senior U.S. official told Axios.