Zelensky on Putin:

I am younger than Putin, this is important.

He does not have too much time.

Zelensky:

Trump wants compromises.

We made a lot of compromises, Putin and his friends, they are not in prison. This is the biggest compromise that the world has already made.

We accepted a ceasefire, Putin refused.

Reporter: Who would you want to take over Iran?

Trump: There are people.

BIG: Anthropic’s AI model Claude was reportedly used in the U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro, marking a major step in the Pentagon’s adoption of AI tools.

The deployment occurred through a contract with Palantir Technologies.

Source: WSJ

The U.S. military is preparing for potential weeks-long operations against Iran if Trump orders an attack.

The planning goes beyond last year’s limited strike on Iranian nuclear sites and could include sustained attacks on state and security targets.

Officials expect Iran to retaliate, raising the risk of prolonged exchanges and wider regional conflict.

Source: Reuters

Trump Signals Iran Regime Change as U.S. Sends Second Carrier to Middle East

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US Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker:

This war is being completely enabled by China.

China could call Vladimir Putin and end this war tomorrow.

It could cut off the dual-purpose technologies it is selling to Russia.

China could also stop buying Russian oil and gas.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev:

The Armenian constitution, which was adopted a long time ago during the times of occupation of Karabakh, contains a reference to the Declaration of Independence of Armenia, which includes a paragraph that so-called Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia should unite. So this is a territorial claim to Azerbaijan.

Our position for many years since the end of the Second Karabakh War was very clear — this should be changed.

And as far as I know, Armenia is planning to hold a referendum. And as soon as it is done, there will be no obstacles to the formal signing of a peace agreement.

Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev on JD Vance’s visit:

All restrictions on arms supplies to Azerbaijan have been lifted.

Macron: Fragmented EU Defense Would Be a "Huge Mistake"

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Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev rejects clemency for Karabakh separatist leaders:

These people committed serious crimes against humanity.

Imagine after the Second World War — the Nuremberg trial — and all those Nazi leaders who were sentenced to death.

In two months someone would come and say, please release them. It’s the same.

What their crimes were — even worse than what Nazis did during the World War II.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev:

We offered all Armenians who lived in Karabakh to apply for citizenship or to apply for work permits.

We had several rounds of interactions with the representatives of Karabakh Armenians, but they preferred to choose to leave for Armenia.

Senator Kelly:

The old world is gone because Donald Trump blew it up.

Even if we are able to repair these relationships, it's going to take generations before they feel comfortable.

Poland passed a bill granting legal protection and amnesty to Polish citizens who fought for Ukraine against Russia.

Volunteers will no longer face prison (previously 3 months–5 years) for serving in Ukraine’s military without prior approval.

The exact number of Polish volunteers in Ukraine is unknown.

Ukrainian fiber-optic FPV drones destroy roughly half a Russian company on the Lyman front in Donetsk region.

Türkiye has delivered M48 and M60 Patton main battle tanks to Somalia.

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UN human rights office said on Friday RSF committed war crimes in El Fasher, Sudan after Oct 2025 siege, with over 6,000 killed in the first three days.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani, Mazlum Abdi and Ilham Ahmed at the Munich Security Conference, holding rare high-level talks on Syria’s unity, integration efforts and the fight against ISIS.

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Rubio:

The euphoria of the triumph in the Cold War led us to a dangerous delusion.

That we entered the "end of history," that every nation would now be a liberal democracy... that we would now be living in a world without borders where everyone became a citizen of the world.

This was a foolish idea that ignored both human nature and lessons of 5,000 years of recorded human history.