Dan Driscoll, US Secretary of the Army, was removed from Ukraine peace negotiations by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who cited Driscoll's overstepping of authority amid reports of internal power struggles within the US administration.This decision, which follows Driscoll's notable absence from a meeting with
Volodymyr Zelensky and
Emmanuel Macron, occurs as Turkey's
Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges
Vladimir Putin for a ceasefire and Ukraine anticipates expedited EU membership by January 2027.