I just had a long and meaningful phone conversation with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, together with Andriy Hnatov and Rustem Umerov. I'm grateful for the very substantive, constructive discussion.

We addressed many aspects and quickly discussed key issues that could guarantee an end to the bloodshed and avert the threat of a third Russian invasion, as well as the risk of Russia failing to fulfill its promises, as has happened many times in the past.

Ukraine is committed to working honestly with the American side to truly bring peace. We agreed on the next steps and formats for discussions with America. I thank President Trump for his intensive approach to the negotiations.

European leaders have decided that Europe is going to war.

The official EU position is that by 2030 the Union must be ready for war, a war with Russia.

They are building a war economy, and you do not build a war economy for only two months.

The person whose case is to be discussed, which means Mr. Netanyahu, according to the Israeli rules, has to submit an application and a request, and if and when it happens, it will be, of course, considered duly, like many other applications. I take it seriously.

I will deal with it with utter seriousness.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the GREAT soccer (football!) player, just called to thank me for his tour this week of the White House and Oval Office.

What an incredible guy he is, not only as an athlete, but as a person. You just don’t get any better!!!

Dear American friends, Europe is your closest ally, not your problem.

And we have common enemies. At least that’s how it has been in the last 80 years.

We need to stick to this, this is the only reasonable strategy of our common security. Unless something has changed.

Israel has renewed its request for the Lebanese Army to raid several civilian homes in the south, claiming they contain military targets or weapons.

Such raids require political approval and judicial authorization.

The army plans to take Arab and foreign military attachés, as well as several ambassadors, on a tour next week to review the implementation of the first phase of its plan south of the Litani and its ongoing missions across Lebanon.

The military side of the [US-led ceasefire monitoring] mechanism meeting was less positive than the civilian side, after U.S. envoy Ortagus brought up remarks she conveyed from Netanyahu saying that the Lebanese Army is not carrying out its duties.