🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko: "The Kursk region will be finally liberated within literally a few days."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko: "I believe the Ukrainians will most likely not agree to a ceasefire."

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- During the Putin-Lukashenko conference, Ukrainian President Zelensky posted the following on X:

"It is good that the conversation with the US was entirely constructive. Ukraine is committed to moving quickly toward peace. Ukraine was ready for an air and sea ceasefire, but the US proposed extending it to land. Ukraine welcomes this proposal.

The control of such a ceasefire remains an important issue, and we appreciate the United States' willingness to organize the technical aspects of such control.

Regrettably, for more than a day already, the world has yet to hear a meaningful response from Russia to the proposals made. This once again demonstrates that Russia seeks to prolong the war and postpone peace for as long as possible. We hope that the U.S. pressure will be sufficient to compel Russia to end the war."

🇷🇺🇧🇾 - Putin-Lukashenko conference over, Putin spoke for less than half a minute. The two will now meet privately.

🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- "Certain TPLF groups [TPLF-D & TPLF-M] who have lost legal acceptance” are working to destabilize the region. I am certain that the Eritrean government thinks they can benefit from turmoil that will be created in Tigray," - Getachew Reda, Ethiopian-backed President of the Interim Tigray Administration.

🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- "Eritrea views Tigray as a 'buffer zone' in case of an Ethiopian government invasion," - Getachew Reda, Ethiopian-backed President of the Interim Tigray Administration.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff will be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin tonight in Russia in what is being described as a "closed format meeting."

Other US officials as well as Russian officials are expected to attend the meeting, and President Trump himself may also attend the meeting remotely.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺⚡- "I am not interested in the position of EU countries in resolving the conflict in Ukraine," - Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺⚡- "A ceasefire in Ukraine has been declared several times since 2014, and each time it turned out that Kyiv, with the support of Europe, was lying," - Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- "Putin is not expected to talk with Trump today," - Yuriy Ushakov, Putin's top foreign policy advisor,

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "The mutual security treaty between Russia and Belarus entered into force today."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "Citizens of Russia and Belarus will be able to participate in local elections in both countries."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko: "The new situation in the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine was discussed during the meeting with Putin."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko: "Russia and Belarus will continue to counter NATO if necessary, including in the military sphere."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "We thank Trump for his attention to the settlement in Ukraine."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "Russia agrees with proposals to end hostilities, but only those that lead to long-term peace and eliminate the causes of the crisis."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "Russia is for a ceasefire, but there are nuances, including the Kursk region."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "It is in Ukraine's interests to achieve a 30-day ceasefire given that all of its military personnel in the Kursk region are blocked."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "Ukraine can use the 30-day ceasefire to obtain weapons or force mobilization."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "The Russian Armed Forces are advancing almost everywhere, it is unclear how the situation on the contact line will be resolved in the event of a ceasefire."