The high-level diplomatic mission arrives amid intense military escalation, with President Zelenskyy labeling overnight attacks on Kyiv airports as 'demonstrative' responses to US diplomacy.
Simultaneous aerial barrages across Ukraine and Russia killed at least 13 people overnight, marked by a massive drone campaign targeting Russian logistics and population centers in Ukraine.
A nocturnal exchange of 600 drones over Moscow and heavy ballistic missile fire across Kyiv caused widespread civilian casualties, damaged industrial hubs, and triggered a NATO air-policing response in Romania.