🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺European leaders intend to speak with Trump before his call to Putin on Monday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said. He said he had discussed the possibility with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV.

Merz also said he had spoken at length with Zelensky at the Vatican, Reuters reports.

🇭🇺🇺🇦❗️Ukraine's accession to the EU poses a threat to Hungary and this cannot be allowed, Orban said.

🇷🇺⚡️ To enter Russia without a visa, you will need a QR code.

From June 30, 2025, foreign citizens are required to register on the State Services website and receive a QR code three days before entry, the Russian Government reports.

The system applies to all visa-free foreigners, including citizens of the EAEU countries, except for citizens of Belarus.

The new measure is intended to strengthen control over migration.

🇷🇺🇺🇸⚡️Putin to hold phone conversation with Trump on Monday at 17:00 — Peskov

🇫🇷🇷🇴❗️Pavel Durov said that this spring Nicolas Lerner, the head of French intelligence, asked him to limit the activity of conservative voices in Romania before the upcoming elections. According to the creator of Telegram, he refused to fulfill such a request.

"We did not block protesters in Russia, Belarus or Iran. We will not do this in Europe," the founder of the messenger emphasized.

🇺🇦❗️Mandatory evacuation of the population is being carried out in more than 200 settlements in the Sumy region, said the head of the military administration Oleg Grigorov.

🇷🇺🇺🇸❗️Foreign media are calling the telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump a potential turning point in the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.

The New York Times emphasizes the high significance and special attention of the world community to the upcoming conversation.

Sky News reports that the American leader is optimistic, but Kiev is anxiously awaiting the outcome of the conversation.

CNN emphasizes that both presidents - Putin and Trump - are confident in their ability to resolve the situation without the participation of third parties.

🇷🇺🇺🇸⚡️ Putin came out to the journalists after talking with Trump.

Main:

– Putin called the conversation with Trump meaningful, frank and very useful

– Putin said that he expressed gratitude to Trump for the US participation in the resumption of direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine

– Putin and Trump agreed to work on a memorandum for a future peace agreement.

– Russia and Ukraine need to find compromises that would suit all parties, Putin stressed

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️ Trump said his conversation with Putin went very well

Main:

- The conversation was excellent, Russia is interested in large-scale trade with the US after the end of the conflict

– After his conversation with Putin, Trump said that Russia and Ukraine will immediately begin negotiations on a ceasefire and a ceasefire.

– According to Trump, the Vatican has expressed its readiness to accept negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to end the conflict

🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️After Putin's conversation with Trump, EU countries agreed to increase sanctions pressure on Russia and "provide active support to Ukraine" — German Cabinet

🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️Ukraine will never withdraw troops from its territory and will not give in to Russia's ultimatums — Zelensky

🇺🇸🇷🇺The presidents of Russia and the United States addressed each other by name: Donald and Vladimir , and neither of them wanted to hang up first during a telephone conversation — Ushakov

🇺🇸🇷🇺❗️US sanctions now look "less likely than ever," The Times writes.

"Rather than punish Russia with 'crunching' sanctions, as some had hoped, he called the call 'excellent' and said Russia had a 'tremendous opportunity' to do business with the US if the war ended," the newspaper writes.

🇪🇺🇸🇾❗️EU Foreign Ministers to Agree on Lifting Economic Sanctions Against Syria Today – Kallas

🇪🇺🇷🇺⚡️EU Council approves 17th package of sanctions against Russia

🇺🇸🇷🇺❗️US Secretary of State Rubio Explains Why Peace Has Not Been Made in Ukraine Yet

"The main problem is that Russia wants something it doesn't have now and has no right to, and Ukraine wants something it can't get back militarily. That's the crux of the problem."

🇭🇺🇺🇦The Hungarian National Security Services have identified two more Ukrainian spies.

This was reported by the head of the ruling party, Mate Kocsis. According to him, Ukrainian intelligence officer Roland Tseber established contacts with the Hungarian opposition in order to influence the country's position on the Ukrainian conflict.

The second suspect, Ukrainian citizen Istvan Hollo, carried out military and energy espionage in the interests of Kiev.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇳US Secretary of State Rubio:

The US believes that the conflict in Ukraine is diverting Western attention and resources from containing “more serious threats” in Asia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦If peace is rejected, Ukraine faces the path to unconditional surrender, and many in Russia like this much better – Medvedev