The vice-president meets troops at the British military base

Vice -president JD Vance is about to meet American troops on Wednesday in a military installation in England – capping a trip to high issues in the British meeting with European leaders to discuss the war in Ukraine before President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Vance’s visit to the United Kingdom comes when he sought to lay bases with European allies leading to Trump’s conversation with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska-and as he revealed the heat on them to take more possession in the discussions since the conflict is in their backyard.

The vice-president should visit the basis of the Royal Air Force Fairford, where the 501st Coutry support Wing of the US Air Force and the 99th expeditionary recognition squadron are based. Vance, a former navy, should express his appreciation for their service, according to a familiar source with the prepared remarks of Vance.

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British Foreign Minister David Lammy (L) is organizing a meeting with US vice-president JD Vance (R) in Cheventing House, Cheventing, south-eastern England on August 8, 2025.

The military installation serves as a key location for American Air Force operations and is the preferred Bombardier’s operating basis for the Air Force Global Strike in Europe. The American Air Force bombers are regularly deployed in the military base as part of the Bomber Task Force Europe 25-2 to integrate into the NATO allies and refine the global strike capacities of the service.

A few days after Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022, several Air Force B-52H Stratotortress bombers from Fairford led joint operations with Germany and Romania on the eastern NATO side.

There are around 10,000 American soldiers stationed in the United Kingdom, according to the advice of reflection groups on foreign policy on foreign relations.

Before contacting American troops, Vance is about to participate in calls with European leaders to discuss the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Fox News Digital learned.

Calls come from multiple other discussions with European allies on a series of subjects – including war – during the visit to the United Kingdom of Vance. Vance met several British leaders, including the British Foreign Minister David Lammy.

An American official told Fox News Digital that Vance and Lammy had discussed the relationship between the United States and the United States and the shared economic and technological objectives of the two allies at a meeting on Friday at the official Lammy residence, Cheventing House, in Kent, England.

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US vice-president JD Vance Fishing with British Foreign Minister David Lammy in Cheventing House on August 8, 2025 in Sevenoaks, England.

Meanwhile, the two leaders also discussed the state of affairs in the Middle East, as well as negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, said the US official.

The two also met representatives of Ukraine and other European allies in Cheventing House on Saturday. The meeting led to “significant progress” to end the conflict in Ukraine, according to an American official.

No other details have been provided regarding Ukrainian talks. We do not know if Vance will accompany Trump in Alaska for talks with Putin.

However, Vance said in an interview with Fox News that he had communicated to European leaders that the United States “ended up financing the war activity of Ukraine” and that European allies must assume more responsibilities to end the conflict.

“What we said to Europeans is simply, first of all, is in your wooden neck, it’s in your back door, you have to intensify and play a more important role in this thing, and if you care about this conflict, you should be ready to play Fox News on Sunday.

The congress has adopted several measures to support Ukraine, totaling at least $ 175 billion in spending to help Ukraine since February 2022, according to the Council for Foreign Relations.

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President Donald Trump is expressed with journalists from the James Brady Press newsletter at the White House, on Monday, August 11, 2025, in Washington from the left, interior secretary Doug Burgum, defense secretary Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi Prosecutor General and Director of FBI Kash Patel. (AP photo / Alex Brandon)

Meanwhile, Trump told journalists on Monday that he could in a few minutes that Putin was really interested in an agreement or not. However, he said that Moscow and kyiv were to reconcile with “land exchanging” problems to sign an agreement.

“If it is a good deal, I will reveal it to the leaders of the European Union and the leaders of NATO and also to President Zelenskyy,” said Trump. “I can say:” A lot of luck, keep fighting “, or I can say that we can conclude an agreement.”

Trump’s meeting with Putin also intervenes while his relationship with the Russian chief was embittered while peace negotiations have been late. While the two seemed to stay cordial with each other in the first administration of Trump, it has changed in recent weeks when Trump has grown in tired of Putin tactics.

“We get a lot of bulls — We launched by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” said Trump at a meeting of the cabinet on July 8. “He is very nice all the time, but it turns out that it does not make sense.”