Zelensky: Russia Targeted My Plane Twice Over Moldova

Volodymyr Zelensky told CBS News that Russia has twice targeted his presidential plane during visits to Moldova, calling it part of a deliberate strategy to intimidate foreign leaders. The claim lands amid shifting diplomatic signals: US negotiators sense new Russian willingness to talk, though analysts stay skeptical given Moscow's contradictory actions on the ground. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she would take a call from Putin or Lavrov herself, while warning Brussels could tighten Schengen rules for Russian diplomats and cut visas for Russians generally. At home, Zelensky dismissed Prosecutor General Kravchenko after the Rada backed his removal amid a NABU probe into alleged protection of call-centre scams, and named Brigadier General Kovalenko to head Ukraine's communications and cyber forces. A Ukrainska Pravda investigation found border crossings have no air raid shelters, leaving hours-long queues exposed. Separately, Ukrainian and Polish experts exhumed the remains of 89 soldiers killed near Lviv in 1939. Elsewhere, Turkish raids on LGBTQ groups in three cities drew condemnation from rights groups and Brussels. Reports said Washington is preparing a 2.8 billion dollar arms package for Israel. In Germany, the interior minister reported a record 2,150 drug deaths in 2025 and 10 tonnes of cocaine seized, warning organised crime is advancing nationwide.