Vice President Vance said imposing new sanctions on Russia to put pressure on President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine is not off the table, urging the United States has options to push on Moscow.

NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker asked Vance if sanctions are off the table, citing that Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he didn’t think new sanctions would force Putin into a ceasefire. Vance replied that the Russians don’t want a ceasefire.

“No, sanctions aren't off the table. But we’re going to make these determinations on a case-by-case basis. What do we think is actually going to exert the right kind of leverage to bring the Russians to the table? Now, you said sanctions were not going to lead to a ceasefire. I think that's obviously correct. If you look at the way

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