NEW: Romania's Interim President Ilie Bolojan signed laws allowing the downing of drones in Romanian airspace.

Source: Digi24

Italian MP Angelo Bonelli slams Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for failing to condemn the genocide in Gaza.

“I am disgusted and repulsed by your hypocrisy. You couldn’t condemn a genocide happening in front of the whole world.”

From Activist to the President of Romania: Nicuşor Dan

Elected as an independent, Dan’s platform, “Viziunea România Onestă” (Honest Romania Vision), emphasizes transparency, meritocracy, and strong pro-European alignment.

Trump and Putin's phone call has begun.

Source: Reuters

A meeting was held between the defense ministers of Azerbaijan and Israel in Tel Aviv.

JD Vance:

There's fundamental mistrust between Russia and the West. It's one of the things Trump thinks is frankly stupid, and we should be able to move beyond the mistakes that have been made in the past, but that takes two to tango.

China has launched the world's largest fleet of self-driving mining trucks for the first time, including dozens of vehicles equipped with Huawei Technologies' autonomous driving systems.

NEW: US imposes restrictions on Indian travel agencies for facilitating irregular migration to the United States.

BREAKING: Trump allies tell Israel, “We will abandon you if you don’t stop the war.”

Source: Washington Post

Zelensky is awaiting a call from Trump to brief him on the results of his call with Putin.

Source: Al Jazeera

Israeli Army’s Sayeret Golani unit, responsible for the massacre of 15 paramedics, UN workers, and rescue personnel in Rafah two months ago, is now being hosted in Agadir, Morocco.

Trump called Zelensky ahead of his call with Putin and spoke to him for a few minutes.

Source: Axios

Netanyahu made the decision to allow aid into Gaza after fearing a US response.

Source: WaPo

UN aid chief says that the aid Israel allowed into Gaza is "a drop in the ocean'"compared to what is needed.

BREAKING: Trump-Putin call is over.

Source: TASS

Putin:

The conversation with Trump was frank and meaningful. It lasted more than 2 hours.

Putin:

Trump noted that Russia is in favor of a peaceful resolution of the crisis in Ukraine.

Putin:

A ceasefire with Ukraine is possible upon reaching relevant agreements.

Putin:

The memorandum between Russia and Ukraine may include issues of ceasefire and principles of settlement.

Putin:

The resumption of contacts in Istanbul indicates that the parties are generally on the right path.

Putin:

Russia and Ukraine must find compromises that suit both sides.