🇮🇷⚡️Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that Tehran will not abandon its nuclear program or its defensive missile development.

🇺🇸⚡️The ongoing government shutdown could inflict long-term damage on the United States and is already causing far more serious economic harm than previously expected, said White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett.

🇺🇦✈️⚡️Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine is establishing domestic production of its own drones similar to the Chinese-made Mavic models.

🇭🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán intends to try to convince President Donald Trump to hold a summit with Vladimir Putin.

➡️Zelensky added that Ukraine would support such an initiative if the goal is to achieve peace in Ukraine.

🗯️Additional statements from Zelensky:

🔊The manufacturers of Tomahawk cruise missiles “would gladly sell them to Ukraine.”

🔊“We will find a way to ensure that Russian oil does not reach Europe.”

🔊Ukraine has prepared a plan to strengthen Kherson’s defense against Russian drone attacks.

🇭🇺🤝🇺🇸⁉️Bloomberg reports that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán plans to offer President Donald Trump a business package worth approximately $600 million, centered on the purchase of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG).

➡️According to sources, the proposal would involve a five-year LNG supply agreement aimed at securing exemptions from U.S. sanctions targeting Russian oil — sanctions that Orbán argues are harming Hungary’s economy.

➡️The package also reportedly includes a separate $100 million deal with Westinghouse Electric Co. for the purchase of nuclear fuel, which Hungary currently imports from Russia.

🇺🇸The Pentagon will accelerate its weapons procurement process as part of reforms introduced by President Donald Trump, Reuters reports.

➡️According to the outlet, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to announce on Friday a comprehensive overhaul of the defense acquisition system to speed up the deployment of new military technologies in response to global security threats.

➡️Hegseth will present the reform plan during a speech at the National War College, outlining changes mandated by a decree signed by President Trump in April.

➡️The reforms aim to eliminate what officials describe as “unacceptably slow” procedures and bureaucratic overlap that hinder innovation and delay the introduction of advanced systems into U.S. military service.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇭🇺⚡️US President Donald Trump discussed a possible meeting with Vladimir Putin during private talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House.

▶️#BREAKING:

🇻🇪⚡️Initial reports indicate strong power fluctuations across several areas of Venezuela.

▶️🇷🇺🚀🇺🇦💥A missile strike was carried out against Ukrainian targets in the Poltava region.

🇭🇺🗣🇷🇺 “Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán is a great peacemaker,” said Dmitriev, the Special Representative of the President of Russia.

▶️🇺🇦⚡️Emergency power outages have been implemented in the Kyiv region.

▶️🇺🇦⚡️🇷🇺Missile threat declared in the Korenevsky and Sudzhansky districts of the Kursk region.

▶️🇷🇺🚀🇺🇦💥Another missile strike has been launched against Ukrainian targets in Kharkiv.

▶️🇷🇺⚠️🇺🇦💥Russian “Geran” drones have struck targets in the Sumy region.