US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack:

Türkiye has been our greatest ally in NATO, NATO being Europe, and Europe won't let them into the EU.

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

JD Vance is not an ordinary Vice President, he is a real deal diplomat and he is incredibly bright.

Finnish President Stubb:

Russia has no right to continue its aggression on Ukraine.

Israel has no right to violate international law in Palestine.

States have no right to use Sudanese or Congolese territories for proxy wars.

Finnish President Stubb on the UN:

No single state should have a veto power.

If a Security Council member violates the U.N Charter, its voting rights should be suspended.

Denmark will strengthen its "drone detection and neutralization capabilities."

Source: AFP

Italian Defense Ministry:

We will send a second naval ship to escort the aid flotilla heading to Gaza.

Malawi: Former President Peter Mutharika won the election with 57%, defeating incumbent Lazarus Chakwera.

Netanyahu’s plane avoided French airspace en route to New York due to an ICC arrest warrant, flying only through Greek and Italian airspace and bypassing other European countries.

Source: Amichai Stein

Footage showing Russian strikes on a Ukrainian Armed Forces training unit in the Chernihiv region.

Kenya signed a defence cooperation deal with Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.

Kenya: Government banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, designating it a terrorist group and criminalizing all forms of support or membership.

DR Congo: At least four civilians were killed in an ISIS-linked ADF attack in Bapere.

Under heavy US and diplomatic pressure, Israel avoided immediate expulsion from UEFA.

It will stay in European competitions for now, with Maccabi Tel Aviv set to play in the Europa League as planned.

Source: Israel Hayom

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on shooting down Russian jets violating NATO airspace:

If there is an intrusion… of course the option of shooting down a fighter jet… is on the table.

India successfully test-fired its Agni-Prime ballistic missile from a rail-based launcher for the first time, reaching 2,000 km range.

This will enable rapid, low-visibility deployment across India’s 70,000 km rail network.

CNN's Amanpour: Türkiye shot down a Russian jet 10 years ago, and did not suffer consequences necessarily.

Ursula von der Leyen: It is a principle of NATO and Article 5.

Amanpour: What is taking you so long? Is it time now to punch back in the nose?

Ursula von der Leyen: It is a decision of NATO, I would be very clear: "you don't touch our territory."

Zelensky:

If we have long distance weapons from the US, we will use them.

Kremlin officials must end the war or find the nearest bomb shelters.

Zelensky says he's "ready" to leave office once Ukraine-Russia war ends".

"My goal is to finish the war."

Zelensky:

If the Russians attack our energy, President Trump supports that we can answer on energy.

Trump said the same about drone factories or missile sites, though those are well defended.

Kremlin:

Trump's initiative on countries renouncing the development of biological weapons brilliant: Moscow supports it.

Zelensky says that Trump promised to "consider" providing Ukraine with weapons that would "make Putin sit at the negotiating table."