🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko and Putin to meet later today, where Putin may address the US proposal for a 30 day ceasefire.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- "Contacts between the Russian side and the Americans are planned for today," - Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin Spokesman.

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko arrives at the Kremlin.

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- The meeting between Vladimir Putin and Aleksandr Lukashenko begins.

🇷🇺🇧🇾🇺🇦 - The meeting is expected to be focused on Russia's response to the US-Ukraine agreement and 30 days ceasefire proposal.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "I outlined our position that this [ceasefire] is nothing more than a temporary respite for the Ukrainian military, nothing more," - Yuriy Ushakov, Putin's top foreign policy advisor, dismisses the US proposal for a 30 days ceasefire.

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Putin: "Lukashenko to address the Russian Federation Council tomorrow."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko: "The US has no real plan for the conflict in Ukraine, Washington is just testing the waters."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko: "The people of Belarus demonstrated in the [Belarusian Presidential elections in January] that the Russian Federation is a friend."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko: "It will be possible to reach an agreement on a settlement in Ukraine when Russia plays its trump cards."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko: "What are the Americans doing? What are they probing? What do these people want?"

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko: "Russia cannot be pressured on Ukraine."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko: "The Kursk region will be finally liberated within literally a few days."

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡- Lukashenko: "I believe the Ukrainians will most likely not agree to a ceasefire."

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- During the Putin-Lukashenko conference, Ukrainian President Zelensky posted the following on X:

"It is good that the conversation with the US was entirely constructive. Ukraine is committed to moving quickly toward peace. Ukraine was ready for an air and sea ceasefire, but the US proposed extending it to land. Ukraine welcomes this proposal.

The control of such a ceasefire remains an important issue, and we appreciate the United States' willingness to organize the technical aspects of such control.

Regrettably, for more than a day already, the world has yet to hear a meaningful response from Russia to the proposals made. This once again demonstrates that Russia seeks to prolong the war and postpone peace for as long as possible. We hope that the U.S. pressure will be sufficient to compel Russia to end the war."

🇷🇺🇧🇾 - Putin-Lukashenko conference over, Putin spoke for less than half a minute. The two will now meet privately.

🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- "Certain TPLF groups [TPLF-D & TPLF-M] who have lost legal acceptance” are working to destabilize the region. I am certain that the Eritrean government thinks they can benefit from turmoil that will be created in Tigray," - Getachew Reda, Ethiopian-backed President of the Interim Tigray Administration.

🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- "Eritrea views Tigray as a 'buffer zone' in case of an Ethiopian government invasion," - Getachew Reda, Ethiopian-backed President of the Interim Tigray Administration.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff will be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin tonight in Russia in what is being described as a "closed format meeting."

Other US officials as well as Russian officials are expected to attend the meeting, and President Trump himself may also attend the meeting remotely.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺⚡- "I am not interested in the position of EU countries in resolving the conflict in Ukraine," - Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister.