Biden's Secretary of State Blinken:

Zelensky himself offered the US Ukrainian minerals in exchange for military aid. This was one part of his “victory plan.”

A jewelry store in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, displays a banner that read:

"This store charges American customers an additional 104% service fee."

Germany will provide 11 billion euros of military support for Ukraine until 2029, Ukraine's Defense Minister says.

EU Trade Chief Sefcovic will go to Washington on Sunday.

Pentagon fired Greenland base commander after she criticized Vance's visit.

Source: Politico

Export restrictions China has imposed on its rare earth element exports to the U.S. include resources critical for avionics which could deal a blow to American plans for a sixth-generation jet.

The fate of the project to produce F-47 fighter jets depends on supplies of rare earth metals from China.

Source: Newsweek

Ukraine has officially established diplomatic relations with Somalia at Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Türkiye.

French PM Bayrou:

It is naive to think we can simply replace American products with Chinese ones.

German Defense Minister Pistorius:

Russia needs to understand that Ukraine is able to go on fighting.

German Defense Minister Pistorius:

Germany is not able to provide more Patriot systems to Ukraine at the moment as we are waiting for fresh Patriot deliveries ourselves.

Egyptian Foreign Minister:

An interim committee will take over the administration of the Gaza Strip for six months until the Palestinian Authority can take over.

Egyptian Foreign Minister:

Any displacement of Palestinians under any pretext is completely unacceptable.

Indian Army's Israeli-made Heron Mk2 drone crashed at Jammu Air Base during a recon mission.

It also hit an IAF tower while landing.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev met with Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa at Antalya Diplomacy Forum.

Large-scale boycott campaign of American goods reported across China.

Ukraine's allies pledged $21 billion in new military aid as the country continues to come under attack from Russia, British Defense Secretary John Healey announced.

Germany announces new military aid package for Ukraine

The package will include a further 100,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, 300 reconnaissance drones, 25 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 15 Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks, 120 Manpads ground-based air defense systems and 14 artillery systems.

Kremlin:

Putin will hold a meeting with US special envoy Witkoff today, the topic of a meeting between Putin and Trump may be raised.

Russia is going to invest 8.4 trillion roubles ($100.54 billion) in developing the Russian Navy over the next 10 years.

Source: TASS

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan: (at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum)

Türkiye stands at the heart of crises and the center of tensions — but also at the very core of the solutions.

We need a new international order that can solve the problems facing the world.

Nearly 250 former soldiers from Israel’s elite Unit 8200 have joined Air Force veterans in a public letter opposing the war in Gaza.

• They accuse Netanyahu government of prolonging the war for political and personal gain, not national security.

• The signees say remaining silent is no longer moral.

• The letter supports nearly 1,000 Israeli Air Force reservists, including pilots, who have voiced similar opposition.