Lavrov: Russia recognizes Zelensky as the de facto head of the Kiev regime but not as Ukraine’s legitimate leader with the authority to sign legally binding agreements.

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Ukraine’s defenses are losing cohesion in several sectors, including the Kharkov region and the DPR, with breaches reaching over 10 kilometers in depth. Such incidents are no longer isolated but are becoming a steady trend, according to Russian security sources.

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Lavrov: As a first step in the peace process, Ukraine must repeal all laws that banned the Russian language and the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

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The Kiev regime and its European sponsors are undermining the Putin-Trump agreements reached in Alaska, notes Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.

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Belousov: Thus far in 2025, Ukraine has lost more than 340,000 troops and over 65,000 pieces of weaponry, while Russia’s pace of advance has doubled.

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Gerasimov: Since March, more than 3,500 square kilometers and 149 settlements have been liberated. The strategic initiative is fully in the hands of the Russian forces.

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Putin arrives in China for a rare four-day official visit.

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Peskov: Europe’s obstruction of Trump–Putin peace efforts will only worsen the Kiev regime’s situation as the SMO continues.

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Putin, Modi and Xi lock hands at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in China.

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Putin: The SCO is helping lay the political and economic groundwork to replace outdated Eurocentric and Euro-Atlantic models of security and development.

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Putin: Russia supports China’s initiative for a new system of global governance.

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Putin: The Ukraine crisis began with the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev, not with Russia’s special military operation.

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Mystery map from Gerasimov briefing shows planned “security zone,” says Duma defense committee member Viktor Sobolev.

Sobolev stated that Russia’s immediate priority is to secure the four regions it has already annexed — Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye — while establishing a “security zone” that would extend through the Sumy, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev, and Odessa regions.

This buffer, he explained, is intended to protect the Russian Black Sea Fleet and ensure that Russian territories, including the newly incorporated regions, are never subjected to shelling again.

Sobolev does not rule out that the territories within the security zone could also be brought into Russia, though he emphasizes that such a decision would ultimately be up to the people living in those regions.

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Putin says Trump’s tone toward India and China is unacceptable in today’s world.

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Putin to Trump: Events in China focused on cooperation and development, not rivalry with the U.S. or anyone else.

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Putin: Zelensky can come to Moscow if he’s ready to meet.

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No one has either the desire or the time to hatch conspiracies against the U.S., said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in response to Trump’s post on Truth Social.

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Lavrov: We appreciate that India resisted U.S. tariff pressure and, unlike the Americans, continues to uphold free trade principles.

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Putin: If common sense fails in Ukraine negotiations, Russia will achieve its objectives by military means.

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Putin: Ukrainian reserves are dwindling, their combat units are less than half-staffed and have reached a critical threshold.

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Peskov: Putin invited Zelensky to Moscow for dialogue, not capitulation.

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