The Trump administration seems to have begun a peace process for Ukraine today. Hegseth confirmed that Ukraine will remain outside of NATO and that it won't recover the territories that it's lost in the conflict with Russia. Furthermore, Trump announced earlier today on Truth Social that he had a "highly productive" phone call with Putin, where they agreed to begin negotiations for an end to the war, and, an hour ago, that another phone call was conducted between him and Zelensky, also agreeing on a beginning to negotiations.