🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Trump steps back from Russia and Ukraine peace talks for now.

Donald Trump intends to leave Russia and Ukraine to organize a meeting between their leaders without directly playing a role for now, taking a step back from the negotiations to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The next stage in Trump’s eyes to end the war in Ukraine remains a bilateral meeting between Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian President.

Trump has told advisers in recent days that he intends to host a trilateral meeting with the two leaders only after they have met first, although whether that initial conference takes place remains unclear and Trump does not intend to become involved in that effort," - The Guardian, citing a Trump administration official.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "President Donald Trump insinuated in a social media post that he’s open to Ukraine launching more attacks on Russia, as the White House looks to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a one-on-one meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Trump met Zelenskiy and European leaders at the White House on Monday. After that meeting, he directed administration officials to work with Ukraine and Russia to set up a meeting between the two leaders, followed by a summit that he would join.

The Kremlin so far has proved noncommittal and no date or location for the summit has been set.

Trump also asked US and European officials to work together on a package of security guarantees to entice Kyiv to agree to a deal that he has said would involve territorial exchanges," - Bloomberg.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Trump ramps up rhetoric on Russia-Ukraine conflict as peace talks momentum stalls.

President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to offer a rationale for Ukraine to go on offense against Russia, notable rhetoric as the momentum around peace talks has stalled.

Trump’s rhetoric may touch a nerve in Moscow, which regards any support of Ukrainian strikes on its soil as a red line. During the Biden administration, it was long-standing policy that Ukraine could not launch long-range American-made missiles into Russia.
Trump’s comments come as the Kremlin has openly contradicted the White House on plans for a bilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, suggesting that leader-level talks are far from imminent and that Putin has yet to agree to such a meeting," - CNN.

🇮🇶🇮🇷 A flight from Najaf International Airport to Tehran International Airport has been canceled along with two other flights from Baghdad International Airport to Tehran too, with multiple Iraqi outlets reporting that the flights between the two countries have been temporarily suspended for unknown reasons.

🇮🇷⚡- Iran has closed its airspace in Khuzestan, southwest Iran, and surrounding area for military exercises. Which would likely explain the cancellation of flights between Iraq-Iran.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Heavy NATO recon activity over Iraq and the Persian Gulf, monitoring Iran's unannounced large-scale military exercises.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Iran has the intention and capability to launch a preemptive attack," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇷🇺🇮🇱⚡- Russia's RWZ015 aircraft, which carries the highest officials of the Russian Ministry of Defense, has landed at Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇺🇳⚡- "Iran’s suspension of nuclear inspections has triggered crisis talks between the IAEA and the US.

IAEA officials will travel to Washington next week to confer with the US as concerns grow about their inability to account for Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb grade uranium.

The trip has been planned after IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi’s top inspector failed in a recent attempt to win Iranian approval to resume monitoring of Iran's nuclear program.

The IAEA say urgent action is needed, reimposing sanctions through the snapback mechanism is critical to countering this threat and safeguarding international security," - Bloomberg.

🇮🇷⚡- The Foreign Ministers of the E3 (Germany, the UK and France) plan to hold a phone call with Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi to discuss Iranian nuclear talks and the possibility of activating the snapback mechanism.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar to travel to Washington to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio next week Wednesday.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has allowed an Israeli delegation to travel to Doha, Qatar, to discuss a hostage-ceasefire deal. According to Hillel Biton Rosen, of Israeli Channel 14, Netanyahu demands the release of all hostages, alive and deceased, in one go and will not accept partial releases.

Israel's Channel 13 have also confirmed the report.

🇮🇷🇦🇹🇺🇳⚡- "Tomorrow (Friday), a delegation from Iran will go to Vienna to meet with IAEA officials," - Laura Rozen, of Politico.