Even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issues a high-stakes open letter calling for direct face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin, the reality on the ground remains devastatingly bloody. Russia has unleashed a massive overnight wave of more than 200 drones and guided missiles across Ukraine, killing at least 11 people. Meanwhile, from St. Petersburg, Putin states Russia is willing to sign a historic peace deal—but is setting a complex legal trap questioning Zelensky’s constitutional right to sign it. Watch how the war is hitting a volatile new threshold.