Heavy Strikes, High-Stakes Talks, and Deepening Global Rifts

Here’s what happened this week:

• Massive Russian airstrikes hit Ukraine
• Ukraine targets sanctioned tankers off Turkey’s coast
• Peace talks in Miami
• Zelensky meets Macron
• Disputes over Russian territorial claims
• NATO considers preemptive action
• US–Russia negotiations in Moscow
• China deepens security talks with Moscow
• Europe reacts to gas ban and internal fractures
• Tensions over US–EU strategy
• Conflicting reports on the return of Ukrainian children
• Washington signals a major strategic shift
• Russia–India energy talks
• US says Europe must lead NATO by 2027