Zelensky:

If Russia stops hitting our targets, we will definitely stop hitting their targets.

Finnish President Stubb:

If you show weakness to the Russians, they will definitely take advantage of it.

Kremlin:

Putin and Trump understand and trust each other well.

Putin:

Russian troops are completing the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the Kursk region.

Putin:

All Ukrainian military personnel and especially foreign mercenaries in the Kursk region are terrorists.

Congo has offered US access to critical minerals in return for military support.

Source: WSJ

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

I trust Putin is operating in good faith.

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

I think we can get to a full on ceasefire in Ukraine in a couple of weeks.

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

Russia is a critical relationship for the US.

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

A Trump-Putin meeting is likely.

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

Easing of anti-Russian sanctions will follow agreement on ceasefire in Ukraine.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to Trump:

What does Vladimir Putin have on you?

Trump will speak with Zelensky at 10 a.m. ET.

Russian Pantsir-S1 air defence system fails to intercept Ukrainian drone approaching Crimea.

Hezbollah announces the death of four members in clashes in Syria.

U.S. fighter jet downs Iran-backed Houthi drones using AGR-20 APKWS laser-guided rockets.

Serbia's PM Vucevic has resigned, triggering a 30-day deadline for the formation of a new government or the calling of a snap election.

Algerian Su-30 military jet crashed in Algeria's Adrar province, killing the pilot.

Elon Musk:

They want to kill me because I'm stopping their fraud.

US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz:

I spoke today with my Russian counterpart Yuri Ushakov about President Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

We agreed our technical teams would meet in Riyadh in the coming days to focus on implementing and expanding the partial ceasefire President Trump secured from Russia.