🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "I am a very inconvenient person for Putin," - Volodymyr Zelenskyi, President of Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Today I am the president of Ukraine because 73% voted for me and I still have the support of the people. I have not regretted running for a single day," - Volodymyr Zelenskyi, President of Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "I will not sell my country," - Volodymyr Zelenskyi, President of Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The war cost Ukraine $320 billion, of which $120 billion was paid by Ukrainians, and another 200 billion by the US and Europe," - Volodymyr Zelenskyi, President of Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "Unfortunately, Trump lives in a space of fabricated information," - Volodymyr Zelenskyi, President of Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡- "I’ve started talking to European leaders, and I believe they will be ready to fund the Ukrainian Armed Forces if the U.S. does not," - Volodymyr Zelenskyi, President of Ukraine.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- The DR Congo military, FARDC, and police force have begun fleeing from Uvira, South Kivu region, eastern DR Congo.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Yet another mass prison break in eastern DR Congo. Prisoners from Uvira Central Prison break out after the administration fled the city.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- Trump's Special Envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, arrives in Kiev, Ukraine.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- M23 have reopened their northern front, launching forward operations at several towns and cities over the past 24 hours - North Kivu direction, eastern DR Congo.

M23 have advanced along the N2 highway, capturing Wimbi. Violent clashes have been ongoing south of Kitsambiro for over 12 hours. M23 have so far failed in entering the large town. DR Congo military sources say the M23 have outflanked them, likely from the west, and have begun attacking Buliba. The loss of Buliba will cut the N2 supply route to Kitsambiro.

Unlike the South Kivu direction, where the FARDC have completely collapsed, in the North Kivu direction DR Congo have been responding with strong resistance.

🇿🇲⚡- Two Zambians face trial on witchcraft charges against the President.

🇺🇸⚡- The US test fired Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, the US Space Force confirms.

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡- "New high-level contacts between Russia and Syria are scheduled for next week," - Russian Foreign Ministry.

🇸🇾⚡- Entire battalions of the Syrian Arab Army, with their full equipment, joined the SDF in the al-Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor regions, eastern Syria - pro-Assad media reports.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇦⚡- "I was informed about the results of the talks in Riyadh," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇦⚡- "[I] appreciate the outcome of the talks in Riyadh," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇦⚡- "Russia and the United States have taken the first steps towards cooperation in the Middle East, including Syria and Palestine," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇦⚡- "Intermediaries in the dialogue between Russia and the United States are not needed," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇦⚡- "The expulsion of Russian and US diplomats will not lead to anything good; now the work of diplomatic missions will be resumed," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇦⚡- "Russia is ready to return to the negotiating table on Ukraine," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇦⚡- "Russia and the United States are working on economic issues, energy markets, space and other areas," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.