🇫🇷The French authorities want to save €4.2 billion in 2026 by reducing the number of public holidays, writes the newspaper Echos.

🇺🇸🇫🇷US Secretary of State Rubio accused French President Macron of sabotaging ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas.

In an interview with EWTN, he stated that the negotiations fell apart on the day the French president made a unilateral decision to recognize the Palestinian state.

"If I were Hamas, I would decide like this: 'Let's not make a truce... Because we might be rewarded, we can consider it a victory,'" Rubio said.

According to him, after Macron's statement, other countries joined this position, saying that "if a ceasefire is not reached by September, we will recognize the Palestinian state."

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸Zelensky is likely to be in Alaska during the Trump-Putin meeting on August 15, CNN reports citing two sources in the White House administration.

According to them, the participation of the Ukrainian president in some meetings is not excluded.

However, one White House official emphasized that any meetings involving Zelensky will most likely take place after the Trump-Putin meeting.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️US Vice President JD Vance made a series of major statements:

— Trump is moving towards a complete cessation of funding for Ukraine and wants to achieve a "peaceful resolution of this issue... Americans are tired of spending their taxes on it"

— The US aims for a settlement in Ukraine taking into account the current line of contact

— The negotiations between Putin and Trump are a serious breakthrough for US diplomacy

— Donald Trump does not guarantee success in the Ukraine negotiations but considers it necessary to give them a chance

— The US is coordinating the date and time when Putin and Zelensky can meet for talks.

🇦🇿🇺🇦🇷🇺Azerbaijani press after a series of attacks by the Russian Armed Forces on the oil depot and gas compressor station of Azerbaijani companies in Ukraine:

"If Russia continues its aggressive policy towards Azerbaijan's interests, then official Baku will begin to consider lifting the arms embargo on supplies to Ukraine."

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸Putin and Trump's meeting in Alaska will bring peace, said the representative of the Russian president Kirill Dmitriev.

"Neoconservatives and other warmongers will not be smiling on August 15, 2025. The dialogue between Putin and Trump will bring hope, peace, and global security," Dmitriev said.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦The US promised to consult with Europeans before Trump's meeting with Putin. This was stated by Polish Prime Minister Tusk, according to The Guardian.

It should be noted that over the weekend, US Vice President Pence was in London, where he was negotiating with Europeans regarding the Trump-Putin meeting.

At the same time, Western media wrote yesterday that Europeans want to discuss this issue personally with Trump. But when such a conversation will take place is still unclear.

Tusk also said he has "many concerns and many hopes" regarding this meeting, calling "Trump's tactics sometimes unpredictable when it comes to various steps and actions."

Tusk considers Putin's proposals regarding Ukrainian territory to be "one-sided."

🇷🇺🇺🇦 It's rumoured that Russia's breakthrough east of Dobropillya has bloomed further, with Russian forces capturing the villages of Nove Shakhove, Novyi Donbas and Vilne, and entering the villages of Ivanivka, Zolotyi Kolodyaz (again), Rubizhne, Dorozhnje and Kucheriv Yar.

It's also reported that Ukrainian forces moved back into northern Volodymyrivka after the Russians failed to consolidate there.

If these reports are true, then it would put Russia just 3.4km from the Dobropillya - Kramatorsk Highway, and 3.9km from the outskirts of Dobropillya.

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