Putin:

Moscow and Kyiv negotiations will be illegitimate if they are conducted now, a way must be found to cancel the previously signed decree.

Negotiations can be conducted with anyone, but due to his illegitimacy , Zelensky has no right to sign anything.

The White House has announced that they are looking into the "national security implications" of China's DeepSeek.

Russian oil trade with China and India have stalled due to sanctions rising the transportation costs.

Source: Reuters

US calls on its citizens to leave DRC after protesters' attacks on embassies.

The US is sending dozens of Patriot missiles from Israel to Ukraine.

The US transferred around 90 Patriot air defense interceptors from storage in Israel to Poland this week in order to deliver them to Ukraine.

Source: Axios

BIG: Trump has informed Israeli officials that he intends to withdraw thousands of US troops stationed in Syria.

Source: KAN News

US President Trump officially invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House next week.

Netanyahu will be the first foreign leader to visit the White House during Trump's second term.

USAF F-35A fighter jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.

The pilot ejected safely, was not injured.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

OpenAI claims Chinese AI startup DeepSeek used its proprietary models to train its own open-source AI, raising intellectual property concerns.

“China-based companies—and others—are constantly trying to distill US AI models,” OpenAI stated.

DeepSeek reportedly used “distillation”, a method where smaller AI models learn from larger ones, drastically cutting training costs. OpenAI claims to have evidence of this practice.

White House AI advisor David Sacks suggested DeepSeek may have “sucked the knowledge out” of OpenAI’s models.

Source: FT

Russia and Syria will hold further talks over Russian military bases in Syria, Russia's news agencies reported, citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov after his talks with Syrian officials.

"This issue requires additional negotiations," TASS news agency cited Bogdanov as telling journalists. Bogdanov is heading Russia's delegation to Damascus for the first time since Moscow's ally President Bashar al-Assad was toppled.

He added that so far there have been no changes to the presence of Russian military bases in the country.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Tuesday that Washington was "deeply troubled" by escalation in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly the fall of the city of Goma to Rwandan-backed rebels.

The call came as the United States urged the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to consider measures to halt an offensive by Rwandan troops and M23 rebel forces in eastern Congo as a conflict there escalates.

Source: Reuters

Ukraine fired Deputy Defense Minister Dmytro Klimenkov, responsible for arms procurement, amid escalating tensions over the country’s defense acquisition system.

Defense Minister Rustem Umerov criticized the procurement agency, arguing it “failed frontline troops” and compared it to an “Amazon” model that compromised confidentiality.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau has launched a criminal probe into Umerov over alleged abuse of power, further deepening the crisis.

Source: Reuters

Spain is adapting its Juan Carlos I aircraft carrier for unmanned aerial systems, following global trends in naval aviation.

Airbus & Navantia to integrate the SIRTAP drone into the carrier, inspired by Türkiye’s TCG ANADOLU, the world’s first drone carrier.

Unlike Türkiye’s armed Bayraktar TB3, SIRTAP is currently an ISR platform.

Source: TWZ

Poll shows 85% of Greenlanders oppose U.S. annexation, with only 6% in favor and 9% undecided.

Despite its Mexico-sized landmass, Greenland has just 57,000 residents and gained broad autonomy in 2009, including the right to declare independence.

Source: Reuters, Berlingske

Pentagon has stripped retired Gen. Mark Milley of his security clearance and personal security detail.

Milley may also face a demotion, with a Pentagon review board considering removing a star, which could impact his pension and retired status.

The move follows controversy over Milley’s alleged remarks in Bob Woodward’s book, where he reportedly called Trump “fascist to the core” and raised concerns about Trump’s mental stability and control over nuclear weapons.