Missed Memo

President Putin missed the peace-talk progress memo.

Tuesday night, Russia launched its largest aerial attack in over a month, deploying 574 drones and 40 missiles across Ukraine. Kyiv says it intercepted 62 drones and one missile, but strikes still hit five cities, damaging critical infrastructure, killing one, and injuring 22 others—most at a U.S.-owned electronics factory.

The assault rippled beyond Ukraine; under NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing, Romania scrambled two German Eurofighter Typhoon jets to protect the Romania-Ukraine border. No Russian aircraft or projectiles entered Romanian (NATO) airspace, and both jets returned safely.

Notably, the attacks come as President Trump, President Zelenskyy, and European leaders have been testing diplomatic waters with the Kremlin; Russian officials have stated attempts to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war without Moscow’s participation are a “road to nowhere.”

CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
Negotiations progress and regress, and leaders succeed and let us down—but our hope is not in presidents, policies, or even achieving earthly peace. Put your trust in the Lord, who alone brings true justice, provision, and deliverance.

“Do not trust in nobles, in a son of man, who cannot save. When his breath leaves him, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans die. Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them. He remains faithful forever, executing justice for the exploited and giving food to the hungry.”
Psalm 146:3-7 (CSB) (read full passage)