🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Ending a complex and deadly war such as the one in Ukraine requires an extensive exchange of serious and realistic ideas. And achieving a durable peace will require both sides to agree to difficult but necessary concessions.

That is why we are and will continue to develop a list of potential ideas for ending this war based on input from both sides of this conflict," - Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇱⚡- "The F-35 fighter jets the US plans to sell Saudi Arabia will be less advanced than those operated by Israel, in line with a US law that guarantees Israel’s military edge in the region," - Reuters, citing US defense officials.

🇺🇸⚡- "According to most, “One of the best opening ten months for a President in USA History.”

Thank you!" - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡- US has agreed to sell India a weapons package worth $93 million, which will include Javelin missiles and Excalibur precision-guided artillery shells.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The Trump administration deal would see Kiev cede control of the eastern Donbas region [Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk and Lugansk], but maintain legal ownership. Russia would pay an undisclosed rental fee for de facto control of the region," - The Telegraph, citing sources familiar with Trump's 28-point peace plan.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- Contrary to reports, including statements from Trump and Maduro, Bloomberg reports there are currently no negotiations going on between the US and Venezuela.

🇺🇸🇹🇼🇵🇭⚡- Japanese outlet Nikkei Asia reports that a new US-Taiwan-Philippines agreement will see Taiwan upgrade 9 mainland Philippine military bases, with the US using foreign military sales to facilitate the funding.

The deal is a first of its kind between Taiwan and the Philippines, with relations between the two nations growing over the past few months. Taiwan officials tell Nikkei Asia that upgrading the Philippine military bases will not only help assert Manila's rights in the disputed South China Sea, but also with "better runways and better hangars, it bolsters US capabilities near Taiwan."

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- UK's Foreign Office says it supports Trump's push for peace, but expects Russia to withdraw its forces from Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Congress was caught off guard by Trump’s secret 28-point Ukraine peace plan, with lawmakers in both parties — even strong Trump allies like Lindsey Graham — expressed concern, and was drafted without proper Ukrainian or congressional input," - The Hill.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The EU did not participate in the development of the US-proposed plan for the Ukrainian settlement. Europe has always supported efforts for a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in Ukraine.

But for any plan to work, it needs Ukrainians and Europeans on board. This is very clear," - Kaja Kallas, EU's Foreign Policy Chief.

🇫🇷🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "France agreed to deploy 100 security personnel to Gaza as part of the International Stabilization Force," - al-Hadath, Saudi outlet.

🇳🇵⚡- BREAKING: Violent protests erupt across Nepal just months after the previous round of Gen-Z protests led to the ousting of K. P. Sharma Oli, who was replaced by Sushila Karki as Prime Minister.

Curfew announced in 12 districts, with the police enforcing a ban on all gatherings in Nepal.

🇫🇷⚡️- "We have to accept to lose our children." - Fabien Mandon, France's Army Chief of Staff, in a speech at the Mayors' Congress regarding the possibility of a large-scale war against Russia in 3 to 4 years.

🇸🇾🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- A large squadron of 8 Israeli jets entered Syria from the Golan region earlier.

The jets have just entered the Latakia region, coastal Syria, and are moving north, approaching the Syria-Turkey border.

🇸🇾🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- Additional Israeli jets, along with recon drones, have entered Syria from the Golan region.

🇸🇾🇹🇷🇮🇱 - Scenes from southern Syria when the first wave of Israeli jets passed by.

🇸🇾🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli jets operating over the northern Lebanese border with Syria.

🇸🇾🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- Israeli jets flying over Aleppo and Azaz, a Turkish-backed SNA stronghold in northern Syria.

🇸🇾🇮🇱 - Scenes from Hama, Syria, moments ago.