Russia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks on Ukraine Wednesday that killed at least 26 people, including three children. Ninety-three others were wounded in the attacks, many of which targeted the western city of Ternopil, where missiles struck residential high-rise buildings. This is Oksana Kobel, the mother of a man who disappeared behind a wall of flames triggered by the Russian strikes.

Oksana Kobel: “My son is still in the apartment on the ninth floor. I talked to him before the explosions. That’s it. He said, 'Mom, everything will be fine. Don't worry.’ After this, I tried calling and couldn’t reach him. I still know nothing.”

Russia’s latest attacks came as Axios reported U.S. and Russian officials quietly drafted a plan to end the war in Ukraine that would see Kyiv agree to surrender territory to Russia, while cutting the size of Ukraine’s armed forces. European officials pushed back against the plan, with France’s foreign minister declaring, “Peace cannot be a capitulation.” 

Meanwhile, Ukrainian lawmakers have fired two government ministers accused of taking part in a $100 million kickback scheme within the state-owned nuclear power company.