Vice President JD Vance said Russian strongman Vladimir Putin has made several concessions in his discussions with President Trump over the war in Ukraine — including vowing to respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine after the fighting ends.

“They’ve recognized that they’re not going to be able to install a puppet regime in Kyiv, and importantly, they’ve acknowledged that there is going to be some security guarantee to the territorial integrity of Ukraine,” Vance told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.

On the possibility of Ukraine having to give land to a country that forcibly seized it, Vance didn’t appear to agree that doing so may send a message to other rival countries like China about taking Taiwan, or would reward Russia for its invasion. 3

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