Dan Driscoll

U.S. Army Secretary praises Ukraine’s Delta system

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll praised Ukraine’s Delta battle-management system, saying it brings together drones, sensors, intelligence, and strike platforms into a single, real-time data network.

15 May, 03:26 AM

Trump targets Driscoll in widening White House purge after Bondi, Noem exits

President Donald Trump is considering firing Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, FBI Director Kash Patel and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer as the White House expands a purge of senior officials after the ousters of Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, The Atlantic reported on April 3.

3 April, 01:47 PM

Russia dismisses key terms of U.S. Ukraine peace proposal

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin admitted he rejected parts of the U.S.-backed peace plan for Ukraine and described his Dec. 2 meeting in Moscow with Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “very useful,” according to an interview with India Today cited by Russian state-run media.

4 December 2025, 10:36 AM

Russia needs years — not months — to seize Donetsk Oblast — ISW

Russia’s invasion force could fully capture Donetsk Oblast by August 2027 — but only if it continues advancing without interruption, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Nov. 26.

27 November 2025, 09:30 AM

Rubio denies NBC report claiming U.S. army sec warned Ukraine of 'imminent defeat'

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called an NBC News report claiming Army Secretary Dan Driscoll warned Ukrainian officials of an "imminent defeat" during last week's Kyiv meetings "100% fake news reports," he posted on X on Nov. 26.

26 November 2025, 11:55 AM

U.S. and Russian officials hold secret peace talks in UAE as Ukraine’s Budanov joins negotiations

Talks between U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and a Russian delegation in Abu Dhabi are “going well,” Axios reported on Nov. 25, citing Lt. Col. Jeff Tolbert, Driscoll’s spokesperson.

25 November 2025, 05:51 PM

Trump hears Ukraine peace plan from aides as Zelenskyy listens on speakerphone

Trump advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner read a 28-point Ukraine–Russia peace proposal to Donald Trump while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listened in by speakerphone during their private discussions with National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, Axios reported on Nov. 17.

24 November 2025, 06:16 PM

EU moves to delay U.S. peace plan deadline as Trump team pressures Ukraine to agree by Thanksgiving

European officials are urgently trying to secure more time for Ukraine to respond to a new U.S.-backed peace proposal, after the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly set a deadline of Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 22.

22 November 2025, 07:09 PM

Trump to send Driscoll to Moscow next week as new special envoy

U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll — who visited Kyiv on Nov. 19‑20 — as his new special representative, The Guardian reported on Nov. 22, citing American officials.

22 November 2025, 01:17 PM

Driscoll’s Ukraine visit part of U.S. push to revive Russia talks

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, a Yale Law School classmate of Vice President J.D. Vance, is leading a Pentagon delegation that arrived in Ukraine on Nov. 19 for meetings with Ukrainian military leaders and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, The Wall Street Journal reported on Nov. 19.

19 November 2025, 06:22 PM

Top Pentagon officials visit Kyiv to discuss peace efforts, drone tech cooperation

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George traveled to Kyiv on an unannounced visit to push forward stalled peace talks with Russia and boost U.S.–Ukrainian drone tech cooperation, becoming the highest-ranking Trump Pentagon officials to visit Ukraine since Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s February trip, Politico reported on Nov. 19.

19 November 2025, 12:24 PM

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