Ukraine was plunged into one of its darkest nights of the war as Russia unleashed its month’s largest drone-missile assault, striking power grids, crippling six regions, and leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity. Kyiv endured hours of explosions as Poland scrambled fighter jets near its border. The timing is explosive: Zelensky’s top aide has just resigned under scandal, and U.S. envoys are preparing a Moscow trip to salvage Trump’s contested peace plan. With Putin demanding Ukrainian withdrawal and warning he will “force it,” is this onslaught a preview of what awaits at the negotiating table?