Jared Kushner on postwar Ukraine:

If we get the right governance structure, the right incentive structure, we can make sure there’s no corruption.

Really make it very attractive for capital to come into it. I mean, this country should rock.

That ingenuity and that spirit that’s allowed the Ukrainians to defend themselves — if they put that into figuring out how to build an incredible country, I think Ukraine becomes something that is so unbelievably impressive.

I think it could become a real leader in the world in so many different ways.

Jared Kushner on postwar Ukraine:

One of the lines of effort we’ve been doing with President Zelensky and his team has really been putting together the prosperity plan.

And they’ve been working with Ajay Banga from the World Bank and Larry Fink and Charles from BlackRock — a great team.

And so that’s been very, very interesting to do, which is to understand the full potential of Ukraine.

And the more time everyone spends on it, the more excited they become.

Jared Kushner on Gaza:

Israel did the strike in Doha, which was a terrible thing. It was unsuccessful as a military operation, and that led to Israel being globally isolated.

And we used that dynamic in order to push them into a deal that now, today, they’re quite happy with.

At the time, they were a little uncomfortable with kind of what we were pushing them to do.

But ultimately, it turned out to be great for them, and it turned out to be great for the people of Gaza.

Q: When are you coming back to Kyiv?

Jared Kushner: Well, hopefully very soon… We’re not really into performative diplomacy.

US Senator John Curtis on Ukraine:

We could be at full production and we cannot give you enough interceptors to deal with the amount coming out of Russia.

But if you can be creative and think of other ways in the asymmetric aspect of this, that’s how we’re going to win.

This is where I think Ukraine has so exceeded and done so well.

Iran asked Russia this year for advanced Geran drones for use in its conflict with Israel and the US, according to western security officials and a person close to the Kremlin.

Source: FT

Rep. Jim Costa on Russia:

Modern-day Russia is a syndicate masquerading as a country.

You’ve heard me say that: masquerading as a country with a mob boss called Putin.

That’s the bottom line. It’s good versus evil.

US Senator John Curtis on Ukraine:

Four or five years ago, as Ukraine began this situation, there was not a lot of leverage coming from Ukraine, and it was more hat in the hand: "We need help."

I’m massively impressed, as I visit over here, how Ukraine has changed that situation, where Ukraine now has a lot of leverage because you’ve developed better technology in some cases.

You bring a lot to the table.

Ukraine has a lot to offer the United States, and maybe learning better how to articulate that and use that as a leverage point, I think, changes the relationship.

I don’t want to say too transactional, but the reality of it is, to some degree, a transactional relationship.

Rep. Don Bacon on Ukraine:

We need to be helping them get even more long-range precision weapons so that Ukraine can take the fight to Moscow and St. Petersburg, Vladivostok — heck, even maybe North Korea, since they’re sending all these weapons over here and people.

And we’ve got to show Russia that the world’s sticking together with Ukraine. We’re going to help them shoot down these missiles. We’re going to help them hit Moscow and St. Petersburg back.

And maybe at some point Putin, the war criminal, will say, "You know what? I don’t have a good hand. I am not going to win this fight."

Because that’s the only way he’s going to negotiate with any good faith at all.

Rep. Salud Carbajal on Ukraine:

I would tell Trump, "continue to support Ukraine. Quit slow-walking the assistance that Congress passed."

I would tell Putin to go fuck himself again.

And I would tell Mr. Zelensky, "keep the faith."

Rep. Don Bacon blasts Trump:

Trump should be doing a lot more, and he has failed in this area with Ukraine, and it bothers me.

We’re going to take some heat for this, and I think rightfully so, because he has not stood on the right side and too many Republicans have been too fearful to push back and speak truth to power.

Rep. Don Bacon on Ukraine:

Seventy percent of Americans are clear they support Ukraine. So to oppose Ukraine, first of all, it’s philosophically, spiritually, morally wrong.

You’ve got to stand on the right side. Ukraine’s on the right side. It’s good versus evil.

So even if the polls were 30–70 the other way, we should stay on Ukraine because they’re on the right side of this fight. Russia’s the invader.

But politically, it is 70–30. So why do we have a president dragging his feet on this? And it makes me angry.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

America claims to defend human rights. They want to starve our people to death or bring about some other problems for them.

They want us to yield and surrender. This is not humane. This is the most savage thing they can do.

They are blocking the routes of medicines and goods. We are doing business and trade, but they block our money. What is the logic behind that?

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

They are attacking those people who have nothing to do with the war. Now they are putting sanctions on the same people.

Are they human even? I mean, why are they fighting against us? What have we done? This is a catastrophe.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

Sanctions means killing the patients, means making people unemployed, means poverty, discontent and thousands of problems.

If America wants to make a war, they should do it with the military personnel.

Why are they doing it with the civilians?

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Israel:

Israel is not a member of the NPT and they have nuclear weapons on a great order.

So is there any international institution protesting why they have this kind of nuclear weapons?

You have witnessed what they are doing in Gaza and Lebanon.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

We have no problems with the UAE. We have no problem with any of the regional countries.

We have a problem with the American bases located in these countries and from which they are attacking our country.

The UAE, the Emiratis and other countries of the region are our brothers. We have been living together for a long time and we have had trade. We have supported each other.

So this is the US which has come here and established bases, and from those bases they martyr our children, they attack our infrastructure and target our leaders, commanders and people.

In fact, the problem is that the friendly and neighboring countries should not allow enemies to utilize their soil to attack our country.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

Right now we have a good relation with the UAE and we can expand it, and with other countries the same. So we would like to have sincere relations with all of them.

However, it is the US which does not want this to happen, and the reason is that they want to utilize the petroleum reservoirs of the region, and instead they are selling weapons and missiles to the regional countries in order to scare us from each other and pit us against each other.

It is exploiting the capital of the region and also destroying peace and stability.

France and Lebanon are pushing to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon beyond the end of 2026, warning that a rapid withdrawal could create a security vacuum.

Israel opposes an extension, arguing UNIFIL has failed to prevent Hizbollah’s military build-up.

The mission currently has more than 7,000 personnel, while efforts to establish a replacement force have stalled.

Source: FT

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Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney:

Andy Burnham must now be facing up to the idea that he will go down in history as the final prime minister of the United Kingdom.

Source: The Telegraph