Top U.S. and European defense officials spent much of this week privately discussing possible military options in Ukraine that would bolster the Eastern European country’s protections against Russia.

Two German warplanes were scrambled overnight from Romania after Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack in Ukraine less than a mile from the NATO borderline.

The fighting, however, remains intense.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte acknowledged President Donald Trump's criticism was correct in an interview with FOX News host Laura Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle." Rutte discussed today's meeting with European leaders at the White House and reiterated,

The atrocities—some of the worst since M23’s resurgence in 2021—were committed despite peace talks brokered by the U.S. and Qatar to end the conflict.