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%.

Putin:

Russia is ready to supply 2 million tons of aluminum to the US market, which would stabilize prices.

Putin says Xi Jinping informed him that the "peace group" on Ukraine will soon meet in New York.

Putin:

Russian and US companies are currently discussing joint projects.

Macron:

We want peace that does not mean Ukraine's surrender.

Trump:

One of the first calls I made was with Putin.

Macron:

The EU has sent €138 billion in aid to Ukraine.

Trump:

Tariffs against Mexico and Canada are still scheduled for March 4.

Serbian President Vucic said Serbia voted for Western resolution on Ukraine in UN by mistake, he apologized for the mistake.

Trump: It is strange to ask whether Washington will contribute to rebuilding Ukraine, on which we spent $350 billion.

Macron:

Many European allies are ready to support Ukraine with equipment and troops.

Macron:

I stopped my discussion with President Putin after Bucha and the war crimes, because I considered we had nothing to get from him at the time.

Now there is a big change because there is a new US administration.

Macron:

If Russia violates the peace agreement, it will have to deal with all the countries that participated in the negotiations.

That will be a completely different story.

Trump on the Saudi Crown Prince MbS:

He is a fantastic young guy, he is young but with great imagination and tremendously respected all over the world.

📸 Ukrainian President Zelensky with European leaders in Kyiv.

Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton:

Trump believes Vladimir Putin is his friend. He is not fit to be president. He can’t tell America’s friends from its enemies.

NEW: Trump administration weighing dissolution of U.S. Africa Command, per two U.S. officials & a source familiar with discussions. AFRICOM could be downgraded to a subcommand under EUCOM.

Source: NBC

NEW: France may deploy nuclear-armed warplanes in Germany as part of a European deterrence umbrella if the U.S. withdraws from the continent.

Source: The Telegraph

Trump administration rescinded a Biden-era policy that required reports on potential violations of international law involving U.S.-supplied weapons.

NSM-20 policy required the U.S. to report on potential misuse of American weapons abroad.

Its repeal removes this oversight, reducing accountability for foreign governments.