The Day of the Sweeping Missile Barrage and Abu Dhabi Peace Talks

Morning editorial coverage was dominated by a major overnight Russian missile and drone attack across multiple Ukrainian cities, with multiple outlets reporting strikes in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and other regions causing civilian casualties including children, damage to residential buildings and infrastructure, and dozens injured. Midday attention shifted to diplomatic developments, with reports on the return of 1,000 bodies of fallen soldiers from Russia and U.S. President Trump's reported push to end the war within a month. Evening coverage focused on diplomatic negotiations, with multiple outlets reporting that Ukraine-U.S. talks concluded in Geneva and that the next peace negotiations with Russia would take place in Abu Dhabi in early March.