Putin and Trump discuss Iran, Ukraine and Venezuela in an hour-long telephone call.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Lavrov: Russia, working with the global majority, will do everything in its power to make it impossible for the U.S. and Israel to continue their aggression against Iran.

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Kremlin (Peskov): Putin highly appreciates U.S. mediation efforts on Ukraine and wants the trilateral talks to continue.

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Following the Storm Shadow strikes on Bryansk, Russia reiterates that demilitarizing Ukraine remains one of its key objectives.

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Russia is helping Iran with advanced drone tactics, reports CNN, citing a Western intelligence official.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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The U.S. wants subordinates, not partners, and this must be understood by all, says Russia’s Ambassador to India Denis Alipov.

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Putin in 2015: The U.S. doesn’t want allies — it needs vassals, and Russia cannot accept such a framework of relations.

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Russia and China allow the passage of a UN Security Council resolution that condemns Iran but makes no mention of U.S.-Israeli aggression.

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Russia is “a step away from victory” in Ukraine, according to Defense Minister Andrey Belousov.

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Kremlin: Neither Kiev nor European capitals are interested in a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict.

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European officials have asked Ukraine to continue the war for another two years, promising funding, Ukrainska Pravda reports, citing an influential figure in Zelensky’s office.

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Bloomberg: Russia is providing Iran with various forms of intelligence, including satellite imagery and drone targeting tactics.

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Axios: Trump rejected Putin’s offer to move Iran’s enriched uranium to Russia and is instead considering sending U.S. special forces to take control of the nuclear material.

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Iran’s attacks on U.S. defense partners across the Middle East should open the door to Russian strikes on military targets in the Baltic states, Poland, and Romania, argues media mogul Konstantin Malofeev.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Europe cannot defeat Russia militarily or economically in Ukraine, leaving diplomacy as the only remaining option, says Belgian PM Bart De Wever.

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Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says the attack on Iran is illegal, NATO should stay out of it, and there is no guarantee the alliance will survive Trump’s presidency.

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Trump seeks to impose U.S. hegemony on the world and cannot be trusted by Moscow — Russia’s only option in Ukraine is to win on the battlefield, says former Carnegie Moscow Center director Dmitri Trenin.

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The U.S. wants to walk away from the Ukraine conflict, and Russia is prepared to give it a face-saving off-ramp, says foreign policy analyst Andrey Sushentsov.

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The killing of Khamenei produced the opposite result from the one the U.S. was aiming for, says Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Putin: Six months ago, 25% of the Donetsk region was under Ukrainian control, now it’s down to 15–17%.

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