U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday took a swipe at European governments for what he described as their censorship of free speech and their political opponents, while largely avoiding the question of how to resolve the Ukraine war.

Donald Trump's vice president said that the greatest threat to the Old Continent was neither Russia nor China but 'the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values.' He did not dwell on the Ukrainian question.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance was critical of American allies while addressing attendees at the Munich Security Conference in Germany Friday.