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A senior Pentagon delegation arrived in Ukraine late Wednesday to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky and discuss potential steps toward ending the war with Russia, according to US military officials. The visit comes as unconfirmed reports circulate of a new peace framework drafted by envoys for Washington and Moscow that would require major concessions from Kyiv.

The group, led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, is holding meetings in Kyiv on Thursday. It is the highest-ranking military team to visit Ukraine since President Donald Trump took office in January.

Speculation about a draft US-Russia peace plan intensified on Wednesday after Axios, …