Bangladesh, May 8 -- At the Munich Leaders Meeting on May 7, US Vice President JD Vance outlined a significant shift in Washingtons approach to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, signaling an end to the Biden-era fixation on short-term ceasefires and instead advocating for a durable, negotiated settlement. Vance made it clear that the United States under President Donald Trump is moving beyond “the obsession with the 30-day ceasefire” proposed by Ukraine and is now more focused on brokering a substantive long-term agreement with Russia.

Ukraine had recently floated the idea of a 30-day ceasefire as a countermeasure to Moscows proposal for a 72-hour truce to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Unions v...