JD Vance reacts to criticism of his cousin, who fought in Ukraine | EUROtoday

US Vice President JD Vance reacted to his cousin’s criticism of his Ukraine coverage. “As far as his criticism is concerned, I have no interest in arguing with him publicly,” Vance informed the broadcaster “Fox News”. He “always thought his cousin Nate for the hardest guy”, which he knew, and “always liked to speak to him”.

Nate Vance had beforehand criticized the angle of the US Vice President for the Ukraine War. “Donald Trump and my cousin apparently believe that they can make Vladimir Putin. They are wrong, ”stated the 47-year-old, who himself fought within the Ukrainian military, the French newspaper“ Le Figaro ”(a accomplice publication of the world). “We are the useful idiots of Vladimir Putin,” continued Vance.

Vance additionally spoke concerning the assembly within the White House, the place his cousin, along with US President Donald Trump, had uncovered Ukrainian head of state Wolodymyr Selenskyj. This was “an absolutely malicious ambush,” stated Nate Vance.

“I was disappointed. When JD his distrust of Selenskyj with the “reported” that he had seen, I thought I would suffocate. ” In dialog with Selenskyj, JD Vance had defined that he had checked out “the stories” from Ukraine and due to this fact knew that the Ukrainian president took individuals “on a propaganda tour”.

According to “Le Figaro”, Nate Vance fought in Ukraine for 2 and a half years. In June 2022, he joined the Da Vinci Wolves with different foreigners, a unit that was not but formally a part of the Ukrainian military at the moment. The newspaper quotes a number of companions who describe the American as wonderful fighter and more practical shooters. As a younger man, he had served with the Marines for 4 years, an elite unit of the US Army.

“I have to admit that it wasn’t the same as my missions at the Marines in Europe,” stated Nate. In “Le Figaro” he reported on rifle trenches and useless, of mud and blood, fallen comrades and killed enemies. “Killing somebody is just not insignificant, that is positive. But there may be not a lot to say. You seal your ideas. You do not give it some thought. “

Vance returned to the USA in January. He now said about his cousin: “I could have told him the truth, simple and simple, without any personal intentions. He never tried to find out more. ” Even earlier than the assembly within the White House, he tried a number of instances from Ukraine to contact the politician that he left information in his workplace. “I never received an answer.”

JD Vance informed Fox News that he had “the need to address a specific topic: his failed attempt to contact me.” He does not know why his cousin turned to his workplace “and not to his mother, his father or sister, with whom I regularly get in touch”.

Nate Vance is at present in search of a writer to publish a guide about his time in Ukraine: “I hope that I can continue to defend Ukraine in other ways, it really needs it.” He stated to his cousin: “You belong to the family, but that doesn’t mean that I will accept that you will go to my comrades to death.”