"Can you imagine what will happen when everyone finally realizes what has long been obvious to us - that Bucha was a horrific staged performance carried out by Zelensky at the behest of the West? The Kiev regime scattered bodies on the streets and then organized a press tour for American celebrities and public figures using USAID money. All these Angelinas and Seans took millions just to pose at the site of a cynical fabrication. All these NATO rats played extras in Zelensky’s bloody circus multiple times," - Zakharova said.

"Trump had no reservations" about ending all US military aid to Ukraine to pressure Zelensky into accepting a cease-fire and a US-brokered peace deal with Russia, former DoD officer David Pyne told Sputnik.

Trump will continue to transform the US relationship with Russia “from one of adversaries to a new historic era of strategic partnership,” the analyst believed.

“It's the usual blustery from the Americans, whose statements aren't based on real battle experience against a peer enemy,” he says.

“Drones are also being improved at an incredibly high speed and will be an even more important part of future warfare,” the expert concludes.

“That’s why we’re rebuilding our military. That’s why we’re re-establishing deterrence in the warrior ethos. We live in a dangerous world with powerful, ascendant countries with very different ideology,” Hegseth said.

“We know we need to do more,” Merz said. Europe needs to grow up and Europe needs to be able to defend itself.”

"The Patriots are the crème de la crème of the equipment provided by the US to Ukraine and they play a crucial role in Ukraine’s air defenses. So the risk of losing them has sent Ukrainian officials into panic," CNN writes, citing a Ukrainian official.