Key Highlights
- Ukraine called for the meeting after last Thursday’s overnight Russian bombardment with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, including the powerful, new hypersonic Oreshnik missile, which Moscow used for only the second time in what was a clear warning to Kyiv’s NATO allies.
- The large-scale attack came days after Ukraine and its allies reported major progress toward agreeing on how to defend the country from further Moscow aggression if a US-led peace deal is struck.
- The attack also coincided with a new chill in relations between Moscow and Washington after Russia condemned the US seizure of an oil tanker in the North Atlantic.
- And it came as US President Donald Trump signalled he is on board with a hard-hitting sanctions package meant to economically cripple Russia.
- Moscow has given no public signal it is willing to budge from its maximalist demands on Ukraine.
