Secretary of State Rubio has spoken in Israel about peace with Hamas. "Hamas must be eliminated," Rubio said.

"Frankly, as long as it stands, there's a force that can govern, as a force that can administer or as a force that can threaten by the use of violence Peace becomes impossible; they must be eliminated; they must be eradicated."

France's foreign minister Barrot has described a meeting of European leaders to discuss Ukraine and European security as a working meeting that should not be overdramatized.

He announced that France will host a summit of European leaders on Monday (tomorrow).

"(Macron) will convene the main European countries to discuss European security," Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told France Inter radio, adding that the meeting would be a working session that should not be "overdramatized."

NATO officials criticize Ukraine for wasting Western arms by relying on Soviet-style tactics.

Tensions are rising between NATO and Ukraine. UK defence sources criticised Ukraine's army for misusing Western-donated weapons. Ukrainian forces are using Soviet-style tactics, wasting expensive NATO equipment.

Ukrainian troops misuse costly NLAW missiles (£20,000 each), treating them like cheap RPGs—firing salvos worth over £100,000 instead of using NATO’s precision tactics. Reports claim Ukrainian forces have abandoned Javelin launchers, some falling into Russian hands.

“The Russian Army may now have more Javelins than the British Army," a British source said.

Source: Telegraph

Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich:

Our goal for 2025 is to demolish more than the Palestinians build in the West Bank.

Ukrainian forces repelling a mechanized assault by the 155th Russian Infantry Brigade, which was advancing under the flags of the Soviet Union.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio:

If there were more Israels in the Middle East, then the world would be a safer and a better place.

Final statement of the African Summit:

Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians and must be prosecuted internationally.

We call for an end to normalization with Israel until it ends its occupation and aggression against Palestine.

Hamas:

We assured Egypt that the movement will show flexibility for the sake of rebuilding Gaza.

We do not cling to the rule of Gaza if it is in the interest of our people.

Zelensky:

I will never accept any decision between the US and Russia about Ukraine.

The table should involve the US, Europe, Ukraine and Russia.

White House National Security Council spokesman about Ukraine's refusal of Trump's rare earth offer:

President Zelensky is being short-sighted about the excellent opportunity the Trump administration has presented to Ukraine.

Former Ukrainian President Poroshenko claims that elections will be held on October 26, 2025.

Singaporean Minister of Defense:

America's image has changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent.

Uganda is deploying troops to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo as the conflict in eastern Congo continues.

The Trump administration has told European officials that it wants to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine by Easter (April 20)

Some officials believe that pace of the talks is ambitious and potentially unrealistic.

Source: Bloomberg

Zelensky on Ukraine's losses over three years of full-scale war:

46,000 killed.
380,000 wounded.

US Congressman Dan Crenshaw:

Donald Trump will not let himself go down in history as having sold out to Putin. He will not let that happen.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was warned & interrupted while reciting a Turkish poem at the Tabriz Cultural Week closing ceremony.

Despite being in his homeland, Azerbaijan, and in Tabriz, where he served multiple terms as an MP, he was forced to stop mid-recital and could not finish the poem.