Senator Lindsey Graham to Hamas after Trump's threat:

"Shalom Hamas" means we’ll kick your ass if you don’t release all the hostages now.

Cover of the Slovak magazine Týždeň (The Week).

"New division of the world"

Russian FM Lavrov:

Napoleon and Hitler are Macron's predecessors.

Accusations of Russia preparing a war against Europe are nonsense.

Moscow considers Macron's nuclear rhetoric a threat to Russia.

Germany’s €500 Billion Defense Overhaul

Will this plan actually transform Germany’s military?

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Kremlin:

Russia will not agree to the deployment of European forces in Ukraine.

Kremlin:

We agree that the conflict in Ukraine is a proxy war between Russia and the United States.

Trump wants to take over Washington, D.C. to make it "clean".

Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine & current Ambassador of Ukraine to UK, Valerii Zaluzhnyi:

It is not just the axis of evil trying to revise the world order. The US is destroying the world order.

Several US allies, including Israel and Saudi Arabia, are considering cutting back on the amount of intelligence they share with Washington in response to the Trump administration’s conciliatory approach to Russia.

Source: NBC

Trump’s envoy held talks with Hamas leaders and mediators from Egypt and Qatar, according to two Egyptian sources cited by Reuters. The discussions reportedly focused on Gaza’s post-war governance and potential administrative arrangements. Sources indicated that the talks ended on a positive note, suggesting a near transition to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Source: Reuters

Polish PM Tusk:

Europe as a whole is able to win every conflict with Russia. We are stronger.

Elon Musk's net worth has fallen by nearly $111 billion since December 2024 due to Tesla's share price decline.

Source: Forbes

Trump is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who found refuge in the United States because of the war.

Source: Reuters

Zelensky arrives in Brussels for EU leaders' summit

German Chancellor Scholz:

Germany is preparing to raise defense spending through change to basic law.

German Chancellor Scholz on Macron's nuclear offer:

We should not give up on the involvement of the US.

Polish PM Tusk:

Europe will rearm faster than Russia.

EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas:

Hungary’s obstruction of EU decisions on aid to Ukraine is becoming increasingly difficult for the bloc.

That’s why we have a new initiative to form a majority coalition, ensuring that a single country cannot block everyone.

Türkiye’s Baykar and Italy’s Leonardo Join Forces for Drones

Türkiye’s Baykar and Italy’s Leonardo have announced the creation of a joint venture aimed at producing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

According to Leonardo and Baykar, the European UAV market is projected to reach $100 billion over the next decade.

The joint venture will be headquartered in Italy, with production facilities in both Italy and Türkiye to maximize efficiency and supply chain resilience.

The agreement strengthens Türkiye’s and Italy’s presence in the global defense industry, leveraging Baykar’s advanced UAV technologies—including the Bayraktar TB2 and AKINCI platforms—alongside Leonardo’s expertise in avionics, AI-driven technologies, and C4ISR systems.

Leonardo’s CEO, Roberto Cingolani:

Europe has a gap in unmanned technologies for various reasons, and in a complicated time like the one we are living in, it is fundamental to guarantee global security.

BIG: CIA has started dismissing recently hired officers, following government-wide reductions ordered by the Trump administration.

Many of these employees, hired within the past two years, were summoned to an off-site location and asked to surrender their credentials.

Source: NYT