US to cut military aid to Kyiv after Putin’s forces kill three in Kharkiv strike - Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says Washington will push for ‘negotiated settlement’ despite Russia increasing its at

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine told senators on Wednesday that he did not believe Russian President Vladimir Putin would stop at Ukraine if he succeeds in overtaking the country, a marked contrast to President Trump’s typical ambiguity on the question.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the “president is committed to” securing a diplomatic end to the Russia-Ukraine war in response to a question about which side the Trump administration wants to see “win” the conflict.

Russia has used its fleet of bombers to rain hellfire on Ukraine. On June 1, Kyiv responded by going after those bombers.

A FTER WEEKS of nebulous ceasefire talks at the urging of a semi-engaged President Donald Trump, the war between Russia and Ukraine is intensifying again in savage style and with escalating stakes. In the last two weeks there have been record-breaking Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities and spectacular Ukrainian drone raids on Russia’s strategic bomber force,

David French and Megan K. Stack on why Trump’s many promises to end the conflict “in 24 hours” was a fantasy.

Russian leader has set his five demands to end the invasion, and at the top of the list is a demand of military alliance