Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet Donald Trump on Friday to seek greater military support as Kyiv and Moscow intensify attacks on energy infrastructure and NATO grapples with a surge in airspace incursions.
Since Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in August failed to yield a breakthrough in the U.S. peace push, Kyiv has been hammering Russian oil refineries with drones while Russian strikes have caused major power outages across Ukraine.
NATO’s eastern flank is also on edge after Poland and Estonia said Russia had violated their airspace with drones and jets last month, eliciting denials from Moscow. There have since been other drone incidents in Germany and Denmark.
A former senior Ukrainian official said Russia and Ukraine were both trying to ramp