🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺❗️Russia will never participate in negotiations where the deployment of European troops in Ukraine is discussed — Matviyenko

🇺🇸🇨🇳❗️The Trump administration is considering cutting tariffs on Chinese goods to ease tensions with Beijing, The Washington Post reported.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️The United States has begun to better understand Russia's position on Ukraine, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"I would say that we have delved into the Russian position. We understand it better now that we have actually talked to them after three years of silence," Rubio said.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Trump said that Zelensky's statements about not recognizing Crimea as Russian are damaging the negotiations, if he continues to resist, Ukraine will cease to exist in a couple of years

If he wants Crimea, why didn't they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired?
— the US president stated

🇷🇺🇺🇦Zelensky's resignation is not among Russia's demands on Ukraine, but any documents he signs could be challenged due to his illegitimacy, Peskov said

He also stated that Ukraine must withdraw its troops from all four regions to end the war . This concerns the LPR, DPR, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions. If Kiev withdraws its troops right now, the conflict will end that very second.

🇺🇸🇷🇺❗️The White House is discussing lifting sanctions on the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and other Russian assets in Europe as part of discussions on a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Ukraine.

Five people familiar with the discussions told Politico about this. Later, one of the heroes of the article, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, denied the information.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️FSB prevented a terrorist attack in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Two Central Asians, on orders from their Ukrainian supervisor, planned to attack a petrochemical plant using drones.

🇷🇺🇺🇸❗️The head of the SVR Naryshkin announced a possible meeting with the director of the CIA.

🇵🇰🇮🇳❗️India has found evidence of Pakistani intelligence agencies' involvement in the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, Hindustan Times writes.

📍Intelligence inputs also suggest the existence of a "coordinated conspiracy" to send large numbers of well-trained terrorists to India, sources told Hindustan Times;

📍The identities of five attackers have been established. Among them, three are Pakistani citizens, the rest are residents of Jammu and Kashmir;

📍Narendra Modi said that New Delhi will relentlessly pursue every terrorist and their patrons.

On April 22, militants from the Resistance Front, an organization banned in India, opened fire on a group of tourists in Kashmir. According to various media reports, between 26 and 28 people were killed.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡️Pakistan has closed its airspace to India, the country's Security Council reports.

🇵🇰🇮🇳⚡️India has suspended issuing visas to Pakistanis and will cancel previously issued ones from April 27.

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs reported this.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡️Pakistan has declared Indian advisers on defense, navy and aviation personae non gratae, the Pakistani Security Council reports.

🇵🇰🇮🇳❗️We will consider any attempt by India, which has withdrawn from the Indus Waters Treaty, to cut off the flow of water to Pakistan as an act of war - Pakistan Security Council

🇮🇳🇵🇰Pakistan has suspended all trade with India, Pakistan's National Security Committee said.

🇵🇱🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️Ukraine will have to make concessions in peace talks with Russia, Polish President Andrzej Duda said in an interview with Euronews.

"Ukraine will also have to give in to some extent, and this is most likely what will happen. To what extent? It is difficult for me to say at this stage. It must be a compromise. Each side will have to give in," Duda said.

In a joint speech with his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog, the Polish president stressed that he hopes for lasting peace in Ukraine thanks to Trump's efforts.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️US President Donald Trump said he was dissatisfied with Russia's massive strike on military targets in Ukraine and spoke in favor of a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

"I am not happy with the Russian strikes on Kyiv," the American leader wrote on his page on the social network Truth Social. "[They] are unnecessary. And the timing is very unfortunate," Trump claimed. In this regard, he called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to order an end to such strikes. "Let's make a peace deal," the head of the US administration added.

🇮🇷🇺🇸Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has proposed to US Presidential Special Envoy Steven Witkoff to negotiate an interim agreement on Tehran's nuclear program.

This was reported by the Axios portal, citing its sources. According to them, during consultations in Rome, Araghchi noted that the parties may not be able to reach a final agreement on the nuclear program within the 60-day timeframe proposed by US President Donald Trump.

🇺🇦❗️ Ukraine faces default in May after failed attempt to agree on deferment of $2.6 billion debt – Financial Times

🇵🇰🇮🇳⚡️India will soon cancel the ceasefire agreement with Pakistan, writes the Pakistani publication Gulistan News.