High-ranking officials of the US Ministry of Defense and the media arrived in Kyiv

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and Chief of Staff General Randy George became the top officials US Department of DefenseIn September 2025, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that established the Department of Defense as the Department of War as an additional name. from the administration of Donald Trump, who visited Ukraine, they arrived with an unannounced visit this week, Politico reports.

It is planned that, starting from Wednesday, they will hold meetings with the Ukrainian military leadership, legislators and President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

Politico writes that the main purpose of the trip will be to involve the Ukrainian leadership in the stalled peace process with Russia, although Moscow has rejected all previous attempts by the US and Ukraine to stop hostilities.

The U.S. and Ukraine are also working on a major agreement to share drone and autonomous munitions technology, and the trip is in part intended to support those efforts.

The paper notes that sending Driscoll to Kyiv on a delicate peacekeeping mission seems like an unusual decision, but the Army veteran and Yale Law School friend of Vice President J.D. Vance has become an important figure in the Pentagon and may now occupy a more prominent position.

Defense Minister Pete Hegseth did not visit Kyiv. Spokesmen for Driscoll and George declined to comment.