Germany's Merkel:

When German reunification happened, 20% of people in the eastern states were unemployed. They all would have liked to work.

Today, your chances of finding a job are actually not that bad.

You're growing up in a country that has excellent healthcare compared with much of the world.

I believe you have a future worth living.

Germany's Merkel:

Even if the AfD were the strongest party, I would not raise my hand to elect its candidate as president of the state parliament.

Lukashenko on Ukraine:

It's not for Trump to decide who will be president of Ukraine.

That's for the Ukrainian people to decide.

Lukashenko on Ukraine:

Trump should not dictate to Ukraine how it should act. But on the other hand, why does he dictate?

Because Zelensky has become dependent on the United States of America, on Trump himself.

He may stop dictating, but first Ukraine will be deprived of intelligence, and then of weapons. Things it desperately needs, and perhaps not just weapons.

The lesson is: never become dependent, especially on major powers.

Be friends with them. Do everything necessary to ensure that they maintain friendly relations with you.

German Foreign Minister Wadephul:

We certainly have to view the current remarks of the American president in the context of the final phase of the election campaign in the United States.

That's why I believe we have to look at the substance of what the United States continues to do.

And that is supporting Ukraine together with us and advancing a negotiation process.

Lukashenko warns Trump:

The Americans are powerful now. They believe there is no force capable of stopping them.

They are mistaken. God sees, and He will strike them very hard.

They need to be more careful. There are many forces in nature that can put the powerful of this world in their place.

Lukashenko:

The Americans are now hinting to the Russians: if you don't reach an agreement with Ukraine, things will be even worse next year.

If you make peace with the Ukrainians now, we will lift sanctions and do other things.

But next year, even if you capture all of Ukraine, you will remain under these sanctions.

Prof. Veysel Kurt | Security Specialist | Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM):
 

Türkiye is closely monitoring the Israeli arms transfers to Greece. Türkiye has multiple tools at its disposal.
 
Türkiye can demonstrate to Greece these arms purchases - at enormous economic cost - will not make Greece more secure.
 
Israel’s expansionist strategy & Greece’s maximalist expectations are converging. That is not a simple arms deal.

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Lukashenko on Ukraine:

All wars end in peace anyway. So it is better sooner rather than later. People are dying.

For these humanitarian reasons, peace is needed there, and it will be achieved.

I would like this war to end by next year. And if it ends this year, that would be wonderful.

The U.S. is seeking to release up to 17 million barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help curb fuel prices driven up by the war on Iran.

Source: Reuters

German Foreign Minister Wadephul on Iran:

Europe is in Iran's crosshairs.

We will not tolerate Iran's hostile activities directed against Jews here in Germany and our open society as a whole.

We will respond here as well.

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder:

I am convinced that, given the historical conflicts that have existed, it will not be possible — and perhaps it would not even be sensible to try — to make Russia the sole loser.

That will not succeed, and it could lead to conditions within Europe, and Russia must be counted as part of Europe here, that would be bad for everyone.

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder:

I would say we should tone down the rhetoric.

If you want negotiations, you cannot start from the assumption that they are useless.

A drone strike sparked a fire at an industrial facility in Russia’s Surgut district, which Ukrainian monitoring channels identified as Gazprom’s Surgut Condensate Stabilization Plant.

The plant can process up to 12 million tonnes of oil and gas condensate a year, producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

It lies about 2,400 km from Ukraine’s border, making this one of the farthest reported strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder:

I believe that Republicans traditionally have an easier time taking such a step — achieving a negotiated peace — than Democrats.

Democrats are more ideologically fixated against Russia, and also against China, than Republicans.

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder on Iraq:

There's an interesting story I experienced. It was about the question of why Iraq.

George W. Bush said to me: "Gerhard, you have to understand, I had a conversation with someone right at the top.

And he said it probably had to be done."

I replied: "I think he told me something different."

Q: Do you support Britain rejoining the EU?

Czech PM Andrej Babiš: Yes, of course. We need more money.

German AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla:

We have always said that the first step must be to try to reform the EU, if that is even possible.

But the ultimate option remains a referendum on whether we should leave the EU.

German AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla on Russia:

We always talk about Russia's hybrid warfare against Germany.

But what kind of hybrid warfare is Germany itself participating in against Russia?

More and more drone factories are being opened in Germany, including a large one recently in Leipzig.

We produce these drones in Germany, we pay for them, we send them to Ukraine, and they are probably even being used with NATO and Bundeswehr support to attack refineries, pipelines and transport infrastructure deep inside Russia.

German AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla on Russia:

There are clear statements from Vladimir Putin, who has explicitly said that he has no intention of attacking NATO in any way.

Marco Rubio:

I think, at its core, everyone understands that our foreign policy, which is what I can speak about, has to be about what is good for America.

I think every country should do that for their own countries.