Summary and Key Points: At first glance, it was a display of raw power: in one night, Russia hurled 656 drones and 73 missiles at cities across Ukraine, one of its largest barrages of the war. But a growing chorus of European officials and Western spy chiefs reads it the opposite way — as a

"I am ready for direct talks with Putin to bring this war to an end, rather than waiting for when all will resolve every conflict in the world before our turn finally comes," Zelensky said.