Zelensky:

Without US intelligence, we will lose accuracy regarding the Russian ballistic missile flight, but we have our own intelligence capabilities.

Zelensky:

If Russia stops hitting our targets, we will definitely stop hitting their targets.

Finnish President Stubb:

If you show weakness to the Russians, they will definitely take advantage of it.

Kremlin:

Putin and Trump understand and trust each other well.

Putin:

Russian troops are completing the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the Kursk region.

Putin:

All Ukrainian military personnel and especially foreign mercenaries in the Kursk region are terrorists.

Congo has offered US access to critical minerals in return for military support.

Source: WSJ

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

I trust Putin is operating in good faith.

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

I think we can get to a full on ceasefire in Ukraine in a couple of weeks.

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

Russia is a critical relationship for the US.

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

A Trump-Putin meeting is likely.

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

Easing of anti-Russian sanctions will follow agreement on ceasefire in Ukraine.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to Trump:

What does Vladimir Putin have on you?

Trump will speak with Zelensky at 10 a.m. ET.

Russian Pantsir-S1 air defence system fails to intercept Ukrainian drone approaching Crimea.

Hezbollah announces the death of four members in clashes in Syria.

U.S. fighter jet downs Iran-backed Houthi drones using AGR-20 APKWS laser-guided rockets.

Serbia's PM Vucevic has resigned, triggering a 30-day deadline for the formation of a new government or the calling of a snap election.

Algerian Su-30 military jet crashed in Algeria's Adrar province, killing the pilot.

Elon Musk:

They want to kill me because I'm stopping their fraud.