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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Ukraine's national security adviser says President Volodymyr Zelensky could be heading to the United States in the next few days to meet with President Trump. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that two leaders are expected to discuss the most sensitive parts of a possible peace plan to end the war with Russia.
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The European backed initiative replaces the 28 point Pro Russian peace draft that was struck down in Geneva this week. The Kremlin has already rejected the new plan. Zelensky told his nation to steel itself for intensified Russian pressure. Hours later, The Kremlin launched 22 missiles and more than 400 drones at the Kyiv region. Seven people died. 25 year old barista Mykhailo Didenko says it was an awful night. I woke up from the explosions and I wanted to cry, he says Didenko says it's good there's a new plan to replace what was a complete capitulation. He's hoping something can be achieved in the coming months because he says people are exhausted. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
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NPR has learned that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to stop cooperating with Scouting America, what was formerly called Boy Scouts that would break a century old tradition. Hegseth has criticized changes in the organization, among them allowing girls to join. Graham Smith with the NPR investigations team has been reviewing internal Pentagon documents.
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There are a number of documents shared by A source with DoD, including a draft report to Congress from Hegseth explaining why the Pentagon won't be supporting next year's Scout Jamboree, which is a gathering of about 15 to 20,000 youth and leaders in West Virginia about every four years. The military provides logistical and medical support and we also have memos and draft orders relating to other ways the military is going to cut ties. They're not going to let scout troops meet on military bases anymore and they'll stop offering incentives that channel a lot of top scouts into military service.
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NPR's Graham Smith on Morning Edition. NASA says it's scaling back its Starliner contract with Boeing. NPR's Nell Greenfield Boyce reports. The space agency says it's now planning four Starliner flights with crews instead of six.
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During its first flight with astronauts on board, Starliner had problems with its propulsion system. The glitches worried NASA's so much that officials decided not to use Starliner for the crew's return trip. Instead, the astronauts had to stay on the International Space Station for months until they could catch a ride back in a SpaceX capsule. Since then, Boeing and NASA have been working on system upgrades. NASA now says the next Starliner flight to the station will carry only cargo. That flight is scheduled for no earlier than April. If that goes well, the agency says Starliner will be used to fly up to three crew rotations to the station. Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR News.