🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Trump blasts Putin!

"There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through “Banking” or “Secondary Sanctions?” Too many people are dying!!!" - Donald Trump, US President.

Trump's comments follow the NYT article, which followed the Trump-Starmer-Macron-Zelensky talks at the Vatican.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Putin is ready to negotiate with Ukraine directly, without preconditions," - The Kremlin.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "Trump called the media reports regarding Ukraine must hand Crimea to stop the killings as ridiculous in his meeting with Zelensky," - Insider, Ukrainian outlet.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "It took one simple meeting at the Vatican [to change Trump's mind]. No Vance, Witkoff, Rubio and here is the result," - Insider, Ukrainian outlet.

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇻🇦⚡- Ukrainian President Zelensky now meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Rome, following his talks with Trump, Macron and Starmer.

🇺🇸🇪🇺⚡- President Trump and European Commission President von der Leyen have agreed to meet soon.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "The agreement between Iran and the United States to meet again is a sign of further progress in the negotiations," - Axios.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Ukrainian special services agent Ignat Kuzin, who planted a car bomb that killed Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, has been detained," - FSB.

🇺🇸⚡️- Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action, is helping lead the charge against David Hogg in the Democratic Party over his plans to launch primary races against incumbent moderate Democrats. Watts alleges that Hogg is just using the initiative to funnel money into his Leaders We Deserve PAC.

Hogg has responded on Twitter calling this a "smear campaign".

🇨🇳🇻🇳⚡- BREAKING: Chinese forces capture Sand Cay located in the northwest of the Tizard Bank, South China Sea.

The Chinese military landed on the cay, raising its flag, geolocated by Rerum Novarum to 10.37329, 114.48174. The cay, which is mostly uninhabited, has Vietnamese military installations, as well as a fishing station.

🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡️- Three US airstrikes against Sana'a, capital of Ansarullah-controlled Yemen.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- Stand-off between the Philippines and China at the Scarborough Shoal.

The Philippine Navy have begun reinforcing its position east of the shoal. With 4 Philippines Coast Guard vessels, BRP Bagacay, BRP Ramon Alcaraz, BRP Gabriela Silang, BRP Suluan having arrived.

However, more importantly, the US combat vessel, USS Savannah is also seen operating south of the shoal. The closest the US has ever been to Scarborough Shoal.

Scarborough Shoal is currently blockaded by at least 11 Chinese vessels.

🇮🇷⚡- Fire continues to rage at Shahid Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas, south Iran.

🇮🇷 - Fire at the Bandar Abbas Port in southern Iran seems to be getting significantly worse, it's now visible on meteosat imagery.

🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian authorities have ordered the evacuation of the entire port as well as nearby towns and settlements.

🇰🇵⚡️- North Korea has launched a 5,000-ton "multipurpose destroyer," built "within 400-odd days perfectly with our own strength and technology" and equipped with the "most powerful weapons," state media said. Kim Jong Un attended the ceremony for the new Choe Hyon-class ship.

🇮🇷⚡- Secondary explosions continue to go off at the Bandar Abbas Port in southern Iran.

🇮🇷⚡- The moment a secondary explosion went off during the meeting of Iran's Interior Minister in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran.

🇮🇷 - Correction:

Contrary to our earlier report and other reports: The fume does not belong to ammonium nitrate, but to nitrogen tetroxide - a powerful oxidizer used in rocket propellents.

🇮🇷 - Footage of the moment the explosion occured at Bandar Abbas Port, southern Iran.