🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ Ukraine peace deal nears as US and Russia 'come to understanding ', Trump's special envoy Witkoff following meeting with Putin

According to him, "this peace deal concerns five territories , but in reality it is much more.

We are talking about security protocols, about NATO, about NATO Article 5. There are a lot of details."

🇺🇸Trump has been asked to stop American funding for the UN and NATO, Associated Press reports, citing sources.

“There are plans to completely stop funding the UN, a key logistical partner in many humanitarian initiatives around the world, and other major non-governmental organizations, including NATO,” the publication writes.

Elsewhere in the article it states that it is only cutting funding for NATO headquarters.

The White House Office of Management and Budget also proposed cutting the State Department's budget by nearly half, closing a number of foreign diplomatic missions, significantly cutting the number of diplomatic personnel, and ending funding for almost all international organizations.

🇨🇳🇺🇸China has suspended deliveries of Boeing aircraft due to the trade war with Trump, Bloomberg reports, citing sources.

Beijing has ordered its airlines to stop accepting new Boeing aircraft and halt purchases of aircraft equipment and components from American companies.

Meanwhile, accepting new Boeing planes has already become uneconomical for Chinese airlines because of the 125% retaliatory tariffs imposed on the United States over the weekend. Those tariffs alone more than double the cost of American planes and parts.

Following the tariffs, Boeing shares fell 10%.

Recall that China has also stopped critical exports of some rare earth minerals and magnets.

🇸🇰🇷🇺🇪🇺Robert Fico said that no one can stop him from coming to Moscow on May 9

This is how the Prime Minister of Slovakia responded to the words of the head of EU diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, that trips to Russia to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Victory "will have consequences."

🇷🇺Since the beginning of the year, the Russian ruble has demonstrated the strongest growth against the dollar compared to other world currencies.

The Russian currency has even outpaced dollar-denominated gold, Bloomberg reports. According to the agency's calculations, the ruble has strengthened against the dollar by 38% in over-the-counter trading since the beginning of the year, while the most popular safe-haven asset, gold, has risen in price by 23% over the same period.

By comparison, the Swedish krona has strengthened against the dollar by 14%, the Swiss franc by 11%. Silver has risen in price by 12%.

🌐🇺🇸🇺🇦Ukraine was never promised that NATO membership would be part of the peace agreement, Mark Rutte said.

When asked whether the issue of Ukraine’s accession to NATO remains on the agenda, the alliance’s Secretary General replied: “Yes, of course.”

🇷🇺Radio Liberty has suspended broadcasting in Russian in the medium-wave range, as reported on its Telegram channel.

The reason for the suspension is a lack of funding. The period for which is not specified.

🇫🇷🇩🇿France announced the expulsion of 12 Algerian diplomats and recalled its ambassador from Algeria.

Algeria did the same earlier.

🇺🇦Ukraine is the most unhappy country in Europe according to the World Happiness Report.

Ukraine has 4.7 points, the second to last place is Albania with 5.4 points, above it is Bulgaria with 5.6 points.

Finland ranks first in the ranking with 7.7 points.

🇷🇸🇷🇺Serbia may be prevented from joining the EU if its president goes to Moscow for the Victory Parade, The Telegraph reports.

The publication writes that European officials warned Vucic that his visit would violate the bloc's membership criteria and undermine his country's ambitions to join the EU.

"We must ensure that they understand that certain decisions have a price. The consequence of this is that they do not join the European Union," said Jonathan Vseviov, Secretary General of the Estonian Foreign Ministry.

Earlier, the head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, warned of “consequences” for those European leaders who travel to Moscow to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory Day.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico responded by saying that he would still go to Moscow.

🇺🇸🇺🇦Trump has no plans to visit Ukraine.

This is how the White House commented on the invitation that Zelensky voiced in an interview with CBS.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇸🇾The United States has notified Israel of its intention to begin a gradual withdrawal of troops from Syria within two months.

This was reported by the Israeli news portal Ynet.

According to the publication, Israel tried to prevent this decision, but Washington made it clear that it was not going to change its plans. Nevertheless, the Israeli military continues to seek a review.

One of the options under consideration is a partial withdrawal of US troops, a senior official said, as Israel fears that US actions will increase Turkey's influence in the region.