Daniel Bach

Today marks four years since Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine.

And despite President Trump's pledge to end the war, there's been little progress through U.S.-brokered peace talks.

And on a stalled front line, the death toll is rising on both sides.

Russia continues to bombard Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

And this week, European lawmakers are at an impasse on getting an aid package for Ukraine signed off.

Journal correspondent Matthew Luxmore has closely covered the war and joins me now.

Matthew, firstly, can you remind listeners of where things stand now?

I wanted to ask you about the state of this war.

The Journal has reported a lot, of course, on the advancements in drone warfare, electronic warfare, things like that.

But on the ground,

It's turned into a slog like many wars in centuries past.

What do you make of that?

You report that many observers now see the peace talks as little more than a dance to avoid angering President Trump.

So if this process continues to drag on, how does the war end?

Matthew, thank you for your time.

Sure.

Thank you very much.

And that's it for What's News for this Tuesday morning.

Today's show was produced by Hattie Moyer.

Our supervising producer is Sondra Kilhoff.