Trump on Xi and Taiwan:

That’s up to him, what he’s going to be doing.

But, you know, I’ve expressed to him that I would be very unhappy if he did that, and I don’t think he’ll do that. I hope he doesn’t.

Source: NYT

Russians are also attacking Kyiv.

Russian drones are attacking residential buildings in Kyiv.

Senior US official to Fox News:

No change to US military posture in the Middle East in response to Tehran protests; CENTCOM watching closely the growing anti regime protests in Tehran.

Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez met with China’s Ambassador to Venezuela, Lan Hu.

The U.S. Navy is pursuing several sanctioned oil tankers that fled Venezuelan waters in an apparent attempt to overwhelm a U.S. naval blockade.

Source: NYT

Another video reportedly showing the “Oreshnik” strike on Lviv.

FBI:

FBI Portland is investigating an agent involved shooting that happened at approximately 2:15pm near the 10000 block of Main St. in Portland involving Customs and Border Patrol Agents in which 2 individuals were wounded.

French President Macron:

Every day people wonder if Greenland is going to be invaded, if Canada will be under the threat of becoming the 51st state or something else, or if Taiwan will be further surrounded.

Syria’s Defense Ministry declared a unilateral ceasefire in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafiyah, Bani Zaid after days of heavy fighting with the SDF.

The terrorists were given until 9 a.m. to withdraw, with safe passage promised.

The clashes displaced 100k+ civilians, killed at least 21.

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WATCH: The exact moment of blackout in Kyiv following massive Russian attack.

Trump on Hamas and Hezbollah:

They’ve made an agreement that they are going to disarm so we are going to have to assume they are going to but, you know, it’s not their nature to disarm, it’s not exactly their nature.

Sean Hannity: Have you read that the Ayatollah now has a Plan B to go to Russia?

Trump: He’s looking to go someplace.

NEW: Russia confirms it used an Oreshnik missile in Ukraine.

Russia claims it was retaliation for Kyiv attack on Vladimir Putin’s residence (which didn't happen).

Moscow says drone production and energy facilities tied to Ukraine’s defense industry were hit and warns further attacks will be answered.

The ballistic missile (Oreshnik) Russia used to strike Lviv overnight traveled at 13,000 km/h, according to the Air Force's West Command.

U.S. oil investor to Financial Times on Venezuela:

“No one wants to go in there when a random fucking tweet can change the entire foreign policy.”

Trump on Iran:

The crowds are massive. There have been people killed, but it’s more from death by stomping. It’s people running in a certain direction. They know it’s a stampede, I guess the best word.

You talk about stampede for cattle — the people are stampeding, and you are losing a lot of people with a stampede. The enthusiasm to overturn that regime is incredible. Nobody has ever seen anything like what’s happening right now.

These people are totally unarmed people. They love their country. I have put Iran on notice. If they do anything bad to these people, we are going to hit them very hard.

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A new poll shows Germans now distrust the U.S. almost as much as Russia.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on backlash from Republicans for cursing at ICE:

I'm so sorry if I offended their Disney princess ears.

Trump on Operation Eagle Claw:

We had the helicopters crashing, the sandstorms. If you had sandstorms you should come back, but they tried to blast through the sandstorm.

Nature always wins. Helicopters don’t have that kind of an engine, they have a lot of moving parts, they don’t like sand blowing into their gears.

They decided to go forward. Should have come back.