British ministers privately admit that Prime Minister Keir Starmer is trying to avoid antagonizing Trump as he seeks to become a 'bridge' between the Trump administration and Europe.

Starmer has yet to comment on Trump's claims that Zelensky is a dictator.

Source: FT

Macron:

France will take full responsibility for peace and security in Europe.

I am the guarantor. We support Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Trump is playing golf in Florida.

Czech President Pavel:

What value will elections have if they are held in a country that has been defending itself for three years against aggression from a neighboring nuclear power?

How can elections be organized when a fifth of the territory is occupied by occupation forces and the entire country is subject to daily shelling?

Calling the president of such a country a dictator requires a great deal of cynicism.

Elon Musk expressed interest in a proposal to use savings from the DOGE to give American taxpayers $5,000 checks.

Source: Fox Business

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering firing a number of military generals and officers this week.

Most of those expected to be fired have been closely associated with Biden's Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

The generals and officers are expected to be replaced with people who are aligned with Hegseth and Trump.

Source: NBC

A European diplomat speaking to Politico:

The transatlantic alliance is over and there is now an alliance between the Russian and American presidents to destroy Europe.

Keir Starmer finally speaks:

Volodymyr Zelensky is the democratically elected leader of Ukraine.

It is perfectly reasonable for Ukraine to suspend elections during war time as the UK did during World War II.

Ukrainian opposition figure Tymoshenko:

Elections are impossible in wartime, Zelensky remains legitimate.

Only Ukrainians have the right to decide when and how the change of power will take place.

Elon Musk now claims that Zelensky killed an American journalist.

Elon Musk can disable Starlink for the Ukrainian Armed Forces at any moment, leaving soldiers without communication.

Without a Plan B, we could lose many lives, warns Ukrainian volunteer Maria Berlinska.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk:

Imposing forced surrender on Ukraine means surrender of the entire West.

Trump:

We have to do something with Greenland. We have to protect Greenland. But we need it for national security, and we need it, maybe more importantly, for international security.

Syrian Jews in Damascus after thirty years. Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from the Torah scroll for the first time in thirty years in a synagogue in the heart of the Syrian capital Damascus.

Trump:

We had a deal on rare earths (with Ukraine). They broke that deal two days ago. Zelensky could have come to the meeting in Saudi Arabia if he wanted to. We hope to see a ceasefire soon (between Russia and Ukraine).

NEW: In about 45 minutes, Hamas will hand over to the Red Cross the bodies of the four Israeli hostages killed in the Israeli attacks.

The Red Cross will then hand them over to the IDF.

Trump continues his attacks on Zelensky:

“He refuses to have elections. He's low in the real Ukrainian polls.

A dictator without elections, Zelensky gotta move fast or he won't have a country left.”

NEW: One security guarantee the United States is considering as part of a peace deal is to automatically grant Ukraine NATO membership if Russia violates the agreement, four U.S. officials said.

Source: NBC

Trump:

We spent $100 million for condoms for Hamas.