JD Vance:

Our alliance with Europe will continue.

JD Vance to Europeans:

You do not have shared values if you're so afraid of your own people that you silence them and shut them up.

JD Vance:

Illegal immigration is still the biggest threat facing Europe.

Hungary won’t back extending EU sanctions on Russian and Belarusian individuals, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó says.

NATO Secretary General Rutte:

I am very optimistic about Trump's peace initiative on Ukraine.

Ukraine's membership in NATO may be discussed in the future, but will not be part of a peace deal.

Russia’s main goal is to sow discord among Ukrainian politicians during the elections and then resume the war with triple force after a power change, Bloomberg reports, citing Ukrainian intelligence.

Elections could theoretically take place, but only if the U.S. and other allies deploy troops to patrol the front line after a ceasefire—something Trump has ruled out.

Pete Hegseth is planning to fire General CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Hegseth had earlier said Brown should be fired because of what he described as a “woke” focus inside the military.

Source: CNN

US Senator Bernie Sanders:

Trump is allying with a Russian dictator to undermine Ukraine's independence and democracy.

We are witnessing a very sad moment in American history.

Russian Su-57 jet flying over Iran on its way back to Russia from India.

Elon Musk challenges Zelensky to hold elections:

A Zelensky-controlled poll on his own approval is obviously not credible. If he were truly loved, he’d hold an election—but he won’t because he knows he’d lose.

I challenge Zelensky to hold election and refute this. He will not.

Trump is right to ignore him and push for peace, bypassing the corrupt machine profiting off fallen Ukrainian soldiers.

The U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on Rwanda’s Minister of State, James Kabarebe, and M23 militant leader Lawrence Kanyuka for their roles in fueling conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The sanctions target their assets and businesses linked to mineral trade.

Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff:

Trump's plan on Gaza is not to displace Palestinians.

Trump's plan on Gaza is about the Palestinians' desire to live there or settle in a better place.

Elon Musk now wants to deorbit the International Space Station.

"Let’s go to Mars"

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss:

We want Elon and his nerd army of muskrats examining the British deep state.

Chairman of the Ukrainian parliament Defense Committee:

The United States has stopped selling weapons to Ukraine.

Macron:

If there is no dissuasion, Russia will not keep its word.

Macron:

We are entering a new era, we will have to revisit our budgetary choices.

French President Macron:

We are not planning to send troops to Ukraine.

Macron:

Troops could be sent as a part of peacekeeping, security guarantees for Ukraine.

Macron:

It would be difficult to create a European Army.

Macron:

Our priority is to create European champions for the defense industry.