Ukraine launches 1,200 drones at Russia as talks expand
The next round will include European countries and cover the continent's security architecture, a topic feared to unsettle NATO's role.
Ukraine launched nearly 1,200 drones at targets in Russia overnight, one of the largest air assaults since Moscow's full-scale invasion nearly five years ago. The attack came as U.S.-brokered peace talks moved to broader issues, not only the Ukraine-Russia war but also the postwar security order in Europe. After two days of talks in Abu Dhabi, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Dublin. Russia has now agreed to involve European countries in the next round. Friedrich Merz and Kaja Kallas warned that discussions of “European security architecture” could become a Moscow trap and shift NATO's role.