5 political cartoons parse peace talks between Ukraine, Russia
Russia used 653 drones and 51 missiles in the wide-reaching overnight attack, which triggered air raid alerts across Ukraine.
In the month after President Vladimir Putin flew to Alaska to meet his American counterpart, Russia increased its airstrikes on Ukraine by nearly 50% while also sending drones and even fighter planes across NATO borders.
It’s not every day when NATO, arguably the world’s strongest military alliance, is shooting down hostile aircraft in its airspace. Yet that’s what occurred recently after more than a dozen Russian drones breached Poland’s airspace, which forced NATO to scramble jets to defend a member state from a potential threat.