🇷🇺🇧🇾 - 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."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "The issues of control and verification in the event of a ceasefire are still unclear. The issues of monitoring violations of the ceasefire along the 2,000 km contact line in Ukraine will be very complex."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "The idea of a ceasefire is correct, but there are issues that need to be discussed, including with the United States."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "We will call Trump to discuss the idea of a truce."