European Council President Costa:

EU member states will not demand any natural resources from Ukraine in exchange for aid.

Trump: So you understand, Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back.

Macron: No...

Trump:

Prospect of returning lost territories to Ukraine is a difficult task.

Trump was unaware of the Greek media report on the U.S. base closure in Alexandroupoli, Greece until Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth informed him.

Trump then dismissed it, saying, “It’s not a correct story.”

Trump and Macron being friendly...

Map of the UN resolution on Ukraine war.

United States, Russia and North Korea are on the same team.

Source: Axios

Why did the US voted against the UN resolution on Ukraine?

Trump: I would rather not explain it now, I think it is self-evident I think.

Putin is now holding a meeting on rare earth metals, Russian state media TASS reports.

The Eiffel Tower shining in blue and yellow on the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

BREAKING: Germany discuss €200 billion in emergency defence spending.

Putin:

Trump wants to improve Ukraine.

Zelensky has no chance of winning the elections, they are zero, unless there is gross manipulation.

Zelensky has driven himself into a dead end with a decree banning negotiations with Russia.

Trump:

We spent more than $300 billion in the Ukraine war, while Europe spent $100 billion, and we deserve to get it back.

Putin:

Zelensky's rating is exactly half that of Zaluzhny.

Trump:

We are aiming for a ceasefire in Ukraine first, then a peaceful settlement.

Putin:

Russia and the US want to achieve peace in Ukraine as quickly as possible, and Zelensky is preventing this.

NEW: Israel has made it clear to the Turkish and Syrian authorities through mediators that it does not intend to remain permanently in the buffer zone.

Source: Yedioth Ahronoth

Putin on EU demands for participation in negotiations:

I don’t see anything bad, but they can’t demand anything from Russia.

Putin:

Russia is ready to discuss with US possibility of cutting defense budgets.

Putin:

The proposal is good, we are not against it. We would cut it by 50%, and the US would cut it by 50%.