Liberal Democrat defence spokesperson Helen Maguire, a former captain in the Royal Military Police who served in Iraq, urged the UK's ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, to call on Vance to apologise for the comments.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio threw a tantrum in an interview with ABC News after This Week presenter George Stephanopoulos claimed the Trump administration had “taken steps to placate Putin.” Rubio was fuming as he dodged questions from Stephanopoulos and made an eyebrow-raising comparison between the war in Ukraine to conflicts in the Middle East.

JD Vance has retreated from his earlier comments that seemed to disparage the UK by calling it "some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 years". In response to criticism, Vance clarified: "This is absurdly dishonest.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance told Fox News on Monday (March 3) that giving Washington an economic interest in the future of Ukraine will serve as a security guarantee for the country that Russia invaded in February 2022.

JD Vance’s ominous message to Ukraine JD Vance's ominous message to Ukraine. Vice President J.D. Vance said that the 'door is open', even after the disastrous public Oval Office meeting where Zelensky,