U.S. Vice President JD Vance, representing the White House, said on Monday that Ukraine should not be allowed into the international military alliance, explicitly. U.S. Vice President JD Vance, on behalf of the White House, made it clear that Ukraine shouldn’t be admitted to the international military alliance. In an interview on the 2WAY platform recently, Vance made it clear he was against the country’s membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

The Vice President didn’t go so far as to label the country an American ally when asked what the nature of Washington’s diplomatic ties with Kyiv is. He stressed the U.S. does not have an official partnership with Ukraine, which is normally handled and supervised by the U.S. Department of State.

In addition to the issue of military alliances, Vance voiced some of the concerns ongoing in administration about current military strategies in Ukraine. In particular, he called on Kyiv to promptly suspend its attacks against Russian oil refineries by drones.

This position is similar to the one taken by the U.S. President, Donald Trump, recently who has repeatedly criticized Volodymyr Zelensky and the Office of the President of Ukraine. The American leadership is claiming these ongoing attacks on Russian energy infrastructure are creating ‘severe and unnecessary international disruption ‘.

The administration says these particular attacks by Kyiv are causing substantial damage to global markets for fuel oil. This volatility has direct consequences on domestic fuel prices and economic stability, both of which are at the heart of the U.S. Department of Energy’s responsibilities, and Trump suggests that the Ukrainian leader is blatant ignoring the serious economic ramifications for the United States.