🔊 Russia offers $1B from frozen Russian assets for Gaza reconstruction — Putin

President Putin confirmed receipt of a personal letter from President Trump inviting Russia to join the newly formed Board of Peace, thanking Trump for the proposal and acknowledging Washington’s contribution to seeking a Ukraine solution.

Key points from Putin's Security Council statement:

🔸 Russia will study the proposal and consult with strategic partners before deciding.

🔸 The board’s focus should be a long-term settlement based on UN resolutions, with Palestinian needs prioritized.

🔸 Before formally joining, Putin offered to send $1 billion from Russian assets frozen in the West to the board for Gaza rebuilding.

🔸 He also proposed using remaining frozen funds for post-conflict reconstruction in Ukraine after a peace treaty is signed.

Vladimir Putin will discuss the initiative with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who are due in Moscow tomorrow to continue Ukraine talks.

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🗣 Greenland is not Russia’s problem — Putin

The Russian president dismissed the issue as a bilateral matter for the US and Denmark, recalling that Denmark sold islands to the US in 1917 and has long treated Greenland as a colony — quite harshly.

He suggested that the price for Greenland could be $200-250 million, joking the US might "shell out" $1 billion.

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🚨🇬🇱 Trump reports 'framework of a future deal' for Greenland with NATO

President Trump announced on Truth Social that after meeting NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, a "framework of a future deal" has been formed regarding Greenland and the entire Arctic region.

"This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations. Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st," he added.

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🗣 Trump evades question on Greenland ownership under US-NATO deal

The US president framed the arrangement as a "long term deal" that benefits all — "especially in a pretense of security, and minerals."

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🔊 Trump on inviting Putin to Board of Peace: 'These are people that get the job done'

When asked why he invited Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump stated:

"We want all nations where people have control, people have power… These are people that have tremendous influence. If I put all babies on the board, it wouldn't be very much."

He called the board "the most prestigious board ever" and said it will do work "the United Nations should have done."

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🇫🇷 Macron has lost authority over France – expert

👉 French President Emmanuel Macron has nullified years of French efforts to restore the country’s image, especially in the Middle East and Africa, Former Palestinian diplomat and political analyst Rami al-Shair told Sputnik.

💬 “As one of the leaders of the anti-Russian campaign, he has no right to discuss the importance of international law,” al-Shair said.

🔶 As a result, his rhetoric is meaningless — he lacks both authority and real influence on the global stage, the analyst said.

🔶 Al-Shair added that reckless Western policies are destabilizing international relations, while French military support for Ukraine has only increased the bloodshed.

🔶 He said the world is moving toward multipolarity led by Russia, China and India, warning that the French position will weaken further unless it changes its foreign policy.

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🔍 Trump's Greenland deal could involve 'small pockets of land' for US bases — Report

The "framework" agreement with NATO could allow Denmark to cede sovereignty over strategic parcels of Greenlandic land to the US, similar to the UK's sovereign base areas in Cyprus. The US could then build military installations there, the NYT reports, citing sources.

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❓ 'Canada next?' — Kirill Dmitriev

Following President Trump’s announcement of a "long-term deal" for Greenland, Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev questioned Canada's fate.

Recent reports suggested that Ottawa is now war-gaming a potential US invasion.

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🗣 Trump on Greenland deal: 'Rutte represents Denmark very well'

When asked if Denmark had expressed its position, President Trump sidestepped, stating NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte "represents them very well" and assumed Rutte had been speaking to Copenhagen.

🇮🇷 He then compared the Greenland framework to the "famous Iran nuclear 9-year deal," adding: "It’ll be forever. It's better than the Obama deal."

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💥 IDF strikes Syria-Lebanon border

The Israeli military targeted four border crossings in the Hermel area used by Hezbollah to transport weapons into Lebanon.

In a separate strike near Sidon, the IDF reported elimination of Muhammad Awasha, described as a key Hezbollah smuggler who operated a front company to procure and move weapons from Iraq, Syria, and Gulf states into Lebanon.

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🔥 Zelensky top aide charged with corruption — $3.2M embezzled from green energy funds

Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau (NABU) has charged Rostislav Shurma, former deputy head of Zelensky’s office under Andriy Yermak, and eight others in a scheme that diverted $3.2 million meant for "green tariff" energy payments.

The timing is perfect: this is the second time a close Zelensky associate has been hit with corruption charges just before a meeting with President Trump.

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🚨 After Venezuela, US now seeks regime change in Cuba 'by the end of the year' — Report

The Trump administration is actively looking for insiders within the Cuban government to strike a deal to end Communist rule, emboldened by the ouster of Nicolas Maduro and viewing it as a blueprint for Havana, the WSJ reports, citing sources.

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🗣 Rutte after talks with Trump: 'We agreed that he is right'

Secretary‑General Mark Rutte stated NATO allies recognize President Trump "is right" that the Arctic must be protected collectively.

"Of course, the US continues its conversations with Greenland and Denmark... I think that was a very good outcome," he told Fox News.

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🚨 🇺🇸 US Congresswoman Luna praises her communication with Russia's Dmitriev

💬 "I talk to [Russian special presidential envoy] Kirill [Dmitriev] pretty regularly. So we love what he's doing," Rep. Anna Paulina Luna tells RIA Novosti.

The congresswoman says she highly values the way he handles peace negotiations, and highlights her high regard for the work of US special envoy Steve Witkoff, as well as Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Earlier, President Putin confirmed Witkoff and Kushner would arrive in Moscow on Thursday on a working visit to continue dialogue on the Ukrainian settlement.

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🚨🇺🇸 Trump's inner circle might not support military intervention in Greenland

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and VP JD Vance would oppose a decision to use military force against Greenland if Trump made it, US media reported, citing a source.

📄 The majority of the WH administration view the threat of force as a pressure tool necessary for negotiations, the report added.

👉 Earlier, Axios reported, that the draft agreement on Greenland doesn't imply a transfer of sovereignty over Greenland to the US, but does include the deployment of the Golden Dome missile defense system, as well an update to the 1951 "Greenland Defense Agreement" between the US and Denmark.

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🇺🇸 Rutte didn't offer Trump compromises on Greenland's sovereignty

💬 "The Secretary ‍General ‌did not ‍propose ‌any compromise to sovereignty ‍during his ‌meeting with the [US] President in Davos," NATO spokeswoman Allison ​Hart was quoted as saying by Reuters.

Earlier, Trump said that thanks to his productive meeting with Rutte, a framework for a potential future agreement concerning Greenland and the broader Arctic region had been developed.

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🚨🇺🇸 Witkoff praises 'a lot of progress on Ukraine'

"I think ​we've made a lot of progress", US special envoy Steve Witkoff said, as cited by Reuters.

Key takes:

▫️ The negotiations were down to one ‍last issue

"I think we have got it down to one issue, and we have discussed iterations of that issue, and that means it is solvable. So if both sides want to solve this, we are going to get it solved," Witkoff told the audience in Davos.

▫️ He added that the creation of ​a tariff free zone in Ukraine would be "game changing" for the ​country's economy.

Witkoff will travel to ​Moscow ‌later on Thursday to discuss the Ukraine settlement.

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🚨🇺🇸 Witkoff: Tariff free zone in Ukraine would be 'game changing' for its economy

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🚨🇺🇸 Witkoff to visit Abu Dhabi for Ukraine settlement talks after Moscow

💬 "We're off to Moscow tonight...[then] we're going right to Abu Dhabi, [where] will be the working groups [on Ukraine settlement]."

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▫️ Putin: Russia offers $1B from frozen Russian assets for Gaza reconstruction

▫️ Witkoff praises 'a lot of progress on Ukraine'

▫️ Trump announces 'framework of a future deal' for Greenland with NATO

▫️ After Venezuela, US reportedly seeks regime change in Cuba

▫️ Macron has lost authority over France

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🚨🇷🇺 🇺🇸 Putin, Witkoff, Kushner to continue discussions on Ukrainian settlement at talks in Moscow - Kremlin

Russia highly appreciates Trump and his team’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine situation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Other statements:

🟠 Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov will take part in talks, following which he will give briefing

🟠 Ukraine continues its policy, but time has come for it to make decisions

On Greenland:

🔹 Anything concerning Greenland is none of Russia's business, it has many of its own issues that need to be addressed

On Middle East:

🔶 Putin will hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Kremlin, they will focus on bilateral relations

🔶 They will discuss allocating $1 billion from frozen Russian assets for humanitarian purposes within Board of Peace framework

🔶 The decision will require certain actions by the US, legal nuances have yet to be clarified

🔶 The allocation wouldn't mean Russia has lost hope of recovering frozen assets, it will continue to use all possible tools to unfreeze them

🔶 Russia is friend of Palestine and has always made efforts to achieve Middle East settlement

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