President Trump has "a lot of cards left to play to apply pressure" to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Vice President JD Vance said in an interview broadcast Sunday. The big picture: Vance said on NBC News' "Meet the Press" that he didn't think Moscow was stringing Trump along after Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a separate interview on the same show that no leaders' meeting had been planned between Russia's Vladimir Putin

US President Donald Trump does not consider a ceasefire in Ukraine necessary to advance peace agreements. He mentioned "six deals" that were reached this year amid active hostilities during his meeting with Zelenskyy.

Vice President JD Vance said Russia has made "significant concessions" in talks to end its war with Ukraine but didn't rule out imposing more sanctions on the Kremlin.