"The US under Trump is trying to pivot away from this simultaneous engagement of weakening and containing the adversaries to a sequential one," Dr. Greg Simons from Daffodil International University tells Sputnik. But the strategy is failing — those conflicts can’t be frozen, and US proxies, Ukraine and Israel, are playing their own game.

💬 "We’re hopeful for the personal participation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. His bond with President Putin sets the pace for stronger, mutually beneficial ties."

💬“Russia has opened a window of opportunity, with hopes that other countries will follow suit,” Zabiullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, tells Sputnik regarding Russia’s recognition of the Afghan government.

💬“We are in serious talks about forming a left-wing pre-election bloc. We don’t have a name yet, but we will announce the results of these negotiations by the end of July,” Dodon promised on his Telegram channel.

💬 "The ongoing war in Ukraine has exposed serious limits to US military power both in terms of the actual capabilities of its weapons versus their Russian counterparts, as well as in terms of military industrial production."

💬 "It should be pointed out that critical shortages of these munitions began almost as soon as the US began transferring them to Ukraine in the first place with US production rates of all of these systems geared toward low-intensity interventions around the globe, not large-scale, protracted combat as seen in Ukraine from 2022 onward," Berletic emphasizes.