War rarely ends cleanly, and history shows that soldiers themselves can become decisive players when political deals clash with battlefield realities.

New Hampshire Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the ranking member on the Foreign Relations Committee, told CNN that she would oppose any deal with Russia that limits the future strength and size of the Ukrainian military.

U.S. political leaders could help Ukrainian and U.S. companies to work together. In July, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Donald Trump appeared prepared to do just that, proposing a deal for the United States to buy Ukrainian drones as part of broader conflict negotiations.

Two Sky News guests have clashed over the rising “Tucker Carlson-MAGA” view of the war in Ukraine and whether Australia’s pledge of an additional $95 million in military aid would do much for the cause.

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has become a key negotiator in the Trump administration’s push to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

While Driscoll’s role as Army secretary typically involves bureaucratic tasks, he’s also taken on the challenge of diplomacy.

The 28-point proposal, which comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters.

Ripples of alarm were coursing from Kyiv through Europe, as details emerged of President Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan for Russia and Ukraine.

The Trump administration’s Army secretary will sit down Tuesday with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi to present a slimmed-down plan to end Moscow’s 33-month-old invasion of Ukraine.

President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner were due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for talks on a possible way to end the war in Ukraine.

The meeting last week was just the latest example of a long-running rift inside the Trump administration over how to end the war in Ukraine.