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JD Vance “Is Helping Russians,” Says Zelenskyy in English

by in Daily Edition | April 30, 2026 3 min read

JD Vance

VP JD Vance, Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke in English about the relations between the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia during an interview this week with conservative American media outlet Newsmax. Zelenskyy addressed recent comments by Vice President JD Vance, in which he said he was proud of cutting off U.S. funding for Ukraine’s purchase weapons.

Zelenskyy told Newsmax: “If the Vice President is proud that he’s not helping us, it means he’s helping Russians.”

On April 14, at a Turning Point USA event in the state of Georgia, Vance praised President Trump’s decision to halt direct U.S. weapons transfers to Ukraine. Vance said: “It’s one of the things I’m proudest [of]… we’ve told Europe that if you want to buy weapons, you can, but the U.S. is not buying weapons and sending them to Ukraine anymore.”

[Note: As a GOP candidate running for Senate in Ohio in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine, Vance said: “I gotta be honest with you, I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another.”]

Zelenskyy added of Vance: “Maybe Vice President wanted to say that it will bring peace closer if United States doesn’t help us, but it doesn’t work with Russia. Russia doesn’t respect weakness. And if no one will help us, we will, of course, be in more weak position.

“But still, I’m sure the United States is a great partner for Ukraine, and Ukrainians can also strengthen America. People say in business, ‘It’s a win-win’, so why not choose to win?”

[NOTE: Vance was heckled at the Turning Point USA event in Georgia, where the Vice President, a recent convert to Catholicism, said that the Pope should be “careful when he talks about theology.” This week, TPUSA announced that the Vice President “was forced to cancel” his appearance at the next TPUSA event, scheduled for Thursday in Iowa, “as he has to attend unexpectedly scheduled congressional votes this week.”]