Rustem Umerov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, says Ukraine appreciates America’s willingness to engage in "substantive talks" about ending the war with Russia

The U.S. Army’s top two leaders will arrive in Ukraine this week for unannounced high-level talks expected to focus on boosting efforts to negotiate an end to the country’s war with Russia.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll arrives in Kyiv on fact-finding mission as U.S. pushes new peace talks to end Russia-Ukraine war. Meeting with Zelenskyy planned.

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll traveled to Ukraine this week on a fact-finding mission regarding military technology as the Trump administration explores restarting peace talks.

President Volodymyr Zelensky listened on speakerphone one week ago as President Trump's advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner read, line by line, from a 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine. Why it matters: The existence of the plan would emerge two days later on Axios.

It came as a widely leaked 28-point US-backed peace plan acquiesces to many Russian demands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has categorically rejected on dozens of occasions, including giving up large pieces of territory.

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A proposed peace plan for Ukraine led by the United States has been met with anguish by many Ukrainians, who fear a post-war amnesty for Russian forces would erase accountability for alleged atrocities.