Vance calls Russia an American adversary but refuses to label Moscow an enemy

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance (Sean Simmers/The Patriot-News via AP)

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has said Russia is a US adversary but suggested it is counterproductive to approach Moscow as an enemy.

The Ohio senator also said Donald Trump is committed to Nato, the transatlantic military alliance seen as the bulwark preventing further Russian aggression in Europe, although the former president has pledged to “finish the process we began under my administration of fundamentally reevaluating Nato’s purpose and Nato’s mission.”