❗️Hungarian PM Orbán has written to the European Commission president demanding the EU abandon sanctions on Russian energy, citing the threat of soaring oil and gas prices driven by the Middle East war.
❗️South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said the government will cap domestic fuel prices for the first time in nearly 30 years and seek energy sources beyond the Strait of Hormuz, with a $67 billion market stabilisation programme to expand if needed.
❗️G7 nations are set to discuss a joint release of emergency oil reserves, Reuters reported, citing a French government source.
Zelensky said the Netherlands will provide €3 billion annually and invest in the PURL program for air defense missile procurement, following talks with the new Dutch PM in Kyiv. The two countries also agreed to expand joint weapons production.
The first group of Ukrainian troops and specialists departs for the Middle East on Monday to train Gulf states in counter-drone warfare, Zelensky announced.
Trump said hatred between Zelensky and his opponent is enormous, making a peace deal very hard to reach. "We have been close many times but one side always pulls back," Trump said. "We are not the ones losing. I am doing this as a service to Europe." But I thought it would only take 24 hours?
Polish PM Donald Tusk said Russia is the real winner of the Middle East war, as oil prices rise and Washington considers lifting sanctions on Russian oil.
Sweden has released photos of the detention of the Caffa, a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet vessel.
Treasury Secretary Bessent said the US is considering lifting sanctions on Russian oil to ease a temporary global supply shortage. Hundreds of millions of barrels of sanctioned crude are currently at sea; lifting sanctions would create immediate supply, Bessent said.
Ukraine's SBU has released exclusive footage of today's prisoner exchange, carried out on the orders of President Zelensky by the Joint Center for POW Search and Release and the POW Coordination Headquarters.
Finland plans to lift its ban on hosting nuclear weapons for the first time since 1987 to strengthen NATO defense, Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen announced.
❗️Trump said Mojtaba Khamenei's leadership is unacceptable and that he personally must have a role in selecting Iran's next supreme leader, comparing it to what was done in Venezuela. Like a true dictator. #Iran
Despicable, without any moral boundaries. Everything to win him the election in April, which he will lose. Hungarian PM Orban said he visited two Hungarian prisoners of war released by Russia, saying they are "finally safe, under our protection."
❗️Zelensky said Ukraine wants to quietly receive Patriot missiles from partner countries in exchange for interceptor drones, noting Middle East countries fired 800 PAC-3 missiles in three days, more than Ukraine has had in its entire war.
Confirmed: 200 Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home from Russian captivity, Zelensky said, thanking the United States for supporting the exchange. Returnees include defenders of Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia.