WATCH: Baykar’s Kalkan UAV gets airborne as the Skydagger-7 loitering munition proves its strike capability.

Zelensky:

Next week, there will be important negotiations not only for our delegation, but also for me.

Ukraine launched new drone strikes on Russia.

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López:

Do not make the mistake of attacking Venezuela.

The people and the armed forces are ready to respond.

We are prepared for anything.

Maduro orders his country’s Air Force to be “alert, ready, and willing” to defend Venezuela.

Venezuela has revoked operating rights for six international carriers — Iberia, TAP, Avianca, Latam Colombia, Turkish Airlines and Gol — after they suspended flights following a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warning about dangerous conditions in Venezuelan airspace.

Caracas accused the airlines of aligning with “state terrorism promoted by the United States.”

Source: Reuters

Venezuelan President Maduro:

An unprecedented 82% of Venezuelans say they are ready to defend the homeland with arms.

This reflects our historical moment.

NEW: Denmark has created a Foreign-Ministry “night watch” to monitor Trump’s statements and movements while officials sleep.

Each evening at 5pm the watch begins, producing a morning briefing at 7am for government departments.

Source: The Guardian

Iran has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Hezbollah over the past year using money exchanges and businesses in Dubai.

Source: WSJ

The EU’s top court ruled Tuesday that same-sex marriages legally performed in one member state must be recognised across the bloc.

It said Poland violated EU law by refusing to register the German marriage of two Polish men who moved back home.

The binding ruling, requested by a Polish court, does not force countries to legalise same-sex marriage domestically.

Source: Reuters

Sudan: The army said its airstrikes in South Kordofan destroyed armored vehicles and fuel tankers belonging to the SPLM-N and allied militias.

Senegal said President Embaló has arrived safely in Dakar after the military takeover in Guinea-Bissau.

Sudan Doctors Network said the RSF has turned much of Al-Nuhud Hospital into a command center and barracks, blocking medical services in the city for five months.

National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has died after being shot at close range while on patrol near Farragut Square in Washington DC.

Somalia: Spain approved a €1 million grant to support the AUSSOM mission, saying Somalia’s stability is essential for security in the Horn of Africa and the wider Sahel.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet Putin in Moscow on Friday to discuss Hungary’s crude and gas supplies and potential peace efforts in Ukraine.

U.S. defense tech firm Anduril Industries is facing scrutiny after two Altius drones crashed during U.S. Air Force tests at Florida’s Eglin Air Base earlier this month.

One drone plunged 8,000 feet; another spiraled to the ground shortly afterward.

The incidents, previously unreported, add to performance issues involving Anduril’s drones, including challenges faced by its Ghost reconnaissance drone in Ukraine, where early models struggled against Russian electronic warfare.

Anduril — valued at $30.5 billion and a major supplier of drones to Ukraine and Taiwan — says the failures are “isolated examples” and part of normal aggressive testing.

Source: Reuters