💬 “Since the first direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations” in May, “battlefield hostilities have only intensified,” political commentator and pundit Sima Pingbang told Sputnik, commenting on Monday’s second round of peace talks in Istanbul.

💬 “The main reason is that Ukraine’s NATO pillars of support – France, Germany and Britain, are jointly fueling the conflict, aggressively adding fuel to the fire, against both Russia and the United States,” the observer said.

💬 “European politicians, taking turns making tough statements against Russia for months, are dragging Ukraine into an ever-more monstrous death spiral,” Sima warned.

💬 “Therefore, I am convinced that both the Russian president and Russia’s army must critically increase their readiness. After all, if Europe decides that Russia has ‘demonstrated weakness’ before Ukraine or the EU – if Macron, Starmer and Merz see a chance for a major strategic gamble, the possibility of peace talks could vanish like smoke,” Sima said.

"Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong," Elon wrote on X, calling out the US representatives who passed the One Big, Beautiful Bill to the Senate.

"When you attack part of an opponent's national survival system — the nuclear triad — the risk level goes up," he told Fox News.

"I asked that explicit question, and the answer was, 'We don't know'," he added.

"Although the previously imposed steel and aluminum tariffs have helped provide critical price support in the US market, they have not yet enabled these industries to develop and maintain the rates of capacity production utilization that are necessary for the industries' sustained health and for projected national defense needs," Trump explained.

"The president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill... It doesn't change the president's opinion — he is sticking to it," Karoline said.