NATO was forced to scramble warplanes for the second time in three nights as Russia staged major new strikes just several hundred yards from allied territory. This came amid strong new efforts at meetings in Geneva to forge a US-led peace proposal acceptable to both Russia and Ukraine , with Vladimir Putin ’s actions showing no sign he wants the war to end.

NATO fighters were scrambled after new drone strikes on Izmail, a key Ukrainian port on the River Danube, which formers the border with Romania, an alliance state. “Two Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft of the German allies, from the Reinforced Air Police combat service, were scrambled to monitor the air situation,” said a Romanian Air Force statement. Later incoming drones were detected north of Ukraine’s Snake Island in the Black Se

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