Finnish President Stubb on Ukraine:

We are probably closer to a peace agreement than we have been at any time during these four years.

Finnish President Stubb:

If you look at rankings on democracy, freedom, rule of law, least corruption, European states are always in the top ten.

I actually think European states are doing quite well.

Finnish President Stubb:

Russia is the number one threat for Europe and actually the Western world.

Finnish President Stubb:

Russia tried to invade us in the Winter War and the War of Continuation.

We were the only Russian neighbor able to retain true independence.

We lost ten percent of our territory.

Far-right politician Jose Antonio Kast has won Chile’s presidential runoff, defeating leftist candidate Jeannette Jara and becoming the country’s 38th President.

Zelensky said Kyiv could drop its NATO bid in exchange for binding Western security guarantees.

Source: Reuters

China’s CH-7 stealth combat drone has completed its first flight, marking the start of flight testing.

Sudan Doctors Network:

9 killed and 17 injured, including medical staff, as a result of RSF drone shelling on South Kordofan State.

NEW: President Zelensky has ordered the development of a draft law that would allow elections to be held during martial law.

Source: RBC-Ukraine

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday his government is considering stricter gun laws following a deadly mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

He will raise the issue at an emergency meeting with state and territory leaders, citing possible limits on the number of firearms per person and regular reviews of gun licenses.

Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin:

There should not be a deal, we have to talk about the surrender of Ukraine.

Argentina's President Javier Milei:

The left retreats. Freedom advances.

The Pakistan Navy conducted a live firing test of the FM-90(N) ER surface-to-air missile in the northern Arabian Sea on Monday.

According to the military’s media wing, ISPR, a navy ship successfully engaged aerial targets during the exercise, demonstrating operational preparedness.

Mali: JNIM released a video showing its fighters engaging Malian troops inside the army base in Soumpi during last month’s attack.

DR Congo: Clashes in South Kivu have displaced more than 500,000 people over the past two weeks, reports say.

WATCH: Türkiye’s homegrown ASELFLIR-600 electro-optical system demonstrated long-range surveillance capability during testing, capturing clear imagery at distances of up to 200 km.

Roketsan CEO Murat Ikinci:

One of the areas we are most assertive about is the issue of precision.

Tayfun hits its target from kilometers away with a precision of under one meter.

Tayfun is currently in mass production, a platform whose deliveries are ongoing.

We will conduct the firing of Block 4 very soon.

Roketsan CEO Murat Ikinci:

Türkiye has the largest and strongest defense supply chain in Europe.

Roketsan’s serial production capacity is not a capability that exists only within the company; we produce together with more than 2,000 domestic suppliers

These companies can rapidly provide very high sub-component production capacity when needed—this capability does not currently exist in Europe.