Happening now, Vladimir stop. President Trump moments ago saying he is, quote, not happy after

Russia launches a deadly wave of attacks in Ukraine and straight ahead what this means for peace

talks as Trump's top negotiator prepares to meet with Putin.

And hurting the U.S. brand.

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the global trade war.

The new reporting just coming in.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer with Pamela Brown, and you're in the situation room. This is CNN breaking news.

And we're following the breaking news.

The Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth meeting with NATO's Secretary General Mark Ruta over at the Pentagon.

This comes as Russia unleashes a deadly, very deadly attack on the Ukrainian capital.

Perhaps the deadliest in months that President Trump fires off a pointed rebuke of Vladimir Putin.

Let's go to CNN's Natasha Bertrand over at the Pentagon.

Natasha, you have late reporting on defense

secretary Pete Hexeth. What are you learning? Yeah, well, so Secretary Hexeth, he is meeting

right now with the NATO Secretary General. And one of the people in that meeting is one of his

closest advisors who has made a really rapid rise in Hegsus inner circle. And we're learning more about him.

He was until recently Hexas Jr. Military Assistant, but he is now one of his most senior

officials.

And we are learning that amidst all of this turmoil, of course, and questions about why

Secretary Hegseth was using Signal to discuss sensitive military operations. We are learning that this aid to Secretary Hegsith was using Signal to discuss sensitive military operations.

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