Vice President JD Vance threatened to abandon Russia and Ukraine peace negotiations on Wednesday ahead of a high-stakes meeting in London where the two warring nations are to discuss President Trump’s “final offer.”

“We’ve issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and Ukrainians, and it’s time for them to either say yes or for the US to walk away from this process,” Vance told reporters during his trip to India. We’ve engaged in an extraordinary amount of diplomacy.”

But both the Kremlin and Kyiv just a day earlier had said they had not yet received a firm proposal — which was supposed to be hammered out in London on Wednesday.

“(There) are signals, ideas, visions — you can call them many things,” he said. “But this is not an official offer to Ukraine.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday said Russia was not aware of the plan’s terms, responding to a report by The Post about early details of a proposed arrangement. 

Still, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was expected to take part in the tense London discussions, has already bailed on the summit where the US is expected to continue its push for a quick end to the conflict despite Ukraine’s commitment to keeping territory occupied by Russia, CNN reported.

Yet again, the hold up is due to Russia’s desire to drag out the peace process — something that has continually frustrated Trump — as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said Ukraine is “ready to agree to an unconditional ceasefire and continue participating in negotiations for a lasting peace in any format.”

Here's what Russia and Ukraine each get in Trump's 'final offer' peace deal

What Russia gets

• Formal US recognition of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula as Russian territory — a major departure from Washington’s longstanding Welles doctrine, which refuses to acknowledge annexed territory as belonging to the seizing power.
• “De facto” recognition of Russia’s occupation of four regions in eastern Ukraine, meaning the US would acknowledge Moscow controls the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts while formally considering them Ukrainian land.
• A pledge that the US would not support Ukraine becoming a member of NATO.
• Lifting sanctions to boost Russia’s economy, which has struggled throughout its war on Ukraine.
• Opportunities for more economic cooperation with the US, especially in the energy and industrial fields.

What Ukraine gets

• Assistance from European military forces as “a robust security guarantee” following a cease-fire. The US would not be involved in this measure.
• Russia would return a small portion of Ukraine’s Kharkiv oblast currently occupied by Moscow.
• Navigation rights in the Dnieper River, which runs along the front lines.
• Assistance in post-war rebuilding, though it is unclear from where that funding would come.
  
  
  
  
  

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“In any format, because by then we will believe we have at least some result, that Russia is truly ready,” he said. “Ready for real steps, for real outcomes.”

The US expects Ukraine to respond to a peace proposal — described as Trump’s “final offer” — that includes official US recognition of Crimea as part of Russia and “de facto recognition” of most of the areas Russia has occupied since the 2022 invasion.

Ukraine joining NATO would not be part of the agreement, but they could potentially join the European Union, according to a one-page document outlining the key points of the proposal that was presented to European leaders in Paris last week.

Additionally all sanctions imposed on Russia since 2014 would be lifted and Washington and Moscow will pledge greater economic cooperation, particularly regarding energy production, Axios reported.

Ukraine in return would receive “a robust security guarantee” from European and non-European countries, but the details on what that would look like were not immediately clear.

A small part of the Kharkiv oblast occupied by Russia would be returned to Ukraine and they’d have complete access to the Dnieper River.

Kyiv would also receive funding to help rebuild, although the document did not indicate where that money would come from.

Wednesday’s talks follow a meeting between leaders from the US, UK, Germany and France last week where America’s plan was discussed.

In Rubio’s stead, Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, will represent the US in London, according to CNN.