Saudi Crown Prince MbS had requested Zelensky to be present at the talks in Riyadh but both the Americans and the Russians insisted that they wanted to meet without the Ukrainians.

Source: Bloomberg

Iran unveils its FPV drones.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after meeting with Russian officials in Riyadh today:

There is an incredible opportunity to partner with the Russians geopolitically, on issues of common interest, and, frankly, economically.

Trump says he is not against sending European troops to Ukraine, but there will be no American troops.

Trump:

Russians did not want to destroy Kyiv, and if they wanted to, they would have done so.

There are cities in Ukraine that are similar to Gaza.

Trump:

There haven't been any elections in Ukraine for a long time.

Zelensky now has a 4% approval rating.

Trump:

Ukraine needs elections if it wants a place at the negotiating table.

Zelensky doesn't know where half of the money the US gave him.

Trump:

It was the current Ukrainian leadership allowed the war to continue.

Trump:

Ukraine will have to pay, or find out where the money went.

Trump:

Russia is capable of "very quickly" destroying Ukrainian cities by 100%, including Kyiv, but does not want to do this.

Trump:

I may meet with Putin before the end of the month.

Correction: Trump didn't call Zelensky "incompetent."

He was talking about Biden.

Trump:

Anything to do with possibly even space, we won't let Elon partake in that.

Britain is considering deploying Typhoon fighter jets to patrol Ukraine’s airspace as part of peacekeeping efforts, aiming to provide security guarantees without a large troop presence.

Discussions are ongoing about an air policing mission, but such an operation would require a substantial number of aircraft and robust air defense systems to be effective.

Source: The Times

Belgian Defense Minister:

We need somebody who says, ‘OK, guys, we’re in deep shit’

We’re in big problems and we need to take really big steps ahead.

Trump on Musk:

I wanted to find somebody smarter than him, I just couldn't find anyone smarter.

Trump to Zelensky:

You have been there for three years, you should have already ended the war.

You should have never started it.

Hamas said it’s ready to exchange its remaining Israeli hostages all at once with Palestinian prisoners during the Gaza truce’s second phase as a step leading to a permanent ceasefire and the full withdrawal of Israel’s forces from Gaza Strip.

Source: Bloomberg

South China Sea: A Chinese Navy helicopter flew within 3 meters of a Philippine fisheries plane over Scarborough Shoal, shadowing it with dangerous maneuvers for 40 minutes.