Russia’s Largest Aerial Assault on Ukraine Exposes Stark Failures in Global Peace Efforts

The Kremlin’s latest blitzkrieg against Ukraine—firing an unprecedented 537 aerial weapons including nearly 500 drones—has shattered any illusions about imminent peace and highlighted glaring shortcomings in international efforts to halt this brutal conflict.Ukraine’s air force reported that of Moscow’s 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles launched overnight, roughly half were intercepted or disrupted. Yet the sheer scale of this assault underlines Russia’s ongoing determination to wage war on sovereign Ukrainian soil with impunity.Significantly, this wave targeted western areas far from the front lines, including the Lviv region where a drone strike sparked a major industrial fire, and Cherkasy, where...