India, Aug. 25 -- US Vice President JD Vance has said President Donald Trump's decision to impose 50 per cent tariffs on Indian imports was aimed at creating "aggressive economic leverage" to pressure Russia into halting its attacks on Ukraine.

"Trump has applied aggressive economic leverage, for example, secondary tariffs on India, to try to make it harder for the Russians to get rich from their oil economy," Vance told NBC News' Meet the Press.

Despite challenges after Trump's recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Vance expressed confidence that the US could help end the war.

"We believe we've already seen some significant concessions from both sides, just in the last few weeks," he said.

"He (Trump) tried to make it...