Melnyk: Moscow rejected Ukraine’s ceasefire offer and U.S. peace efforts, including Trump’s. Ukraine wants peace – Russia launches missiles. 1/
Melnyk: UN Security Council must secure an immediate, unconditional 30-60 day ceasefire to hush the drones, ground the missiles, and let mothers sleep without praying their children survive the night. 2/
Melnyk: Russia's war hits bedrooms, kitchens, schools. It’s terror that never sleeps. On the same day 440 drones, 32 missiles killed 28 people in Kyiv.
Russia claimed they don't target civilians. This madness must stop. 3X
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Trump: We just signed a deal with China. Other countries will pay us tariffs – 25%, 35%, and even 45%.
We’re working on a deal with India. We're opening markets that were never open before. 1/
Trump: We're passing border legislation in Congress.
It will add 3,000 Border Patrol agents and 10,000 ICE officers. These heroes backed me from day one. Now we’re giving them the tools to secure our border. 2/
Trump: U.S. should have the lowest costs, not the highest.
Congress called me confused: We’re bringing in a way more money than expected. I said, sounds like a good problem. 3/
Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, killed by a Russian missile, won a 2025 Orwell Prize for a book Looking at Women Looking at War.
In Trostianets, she interviewed a woman who survived a Russian execution: shot at, thrown in a pit, awoke under two dead bodies, the Guardian. 1/
In Izium, Amelina documented graves at the central cemetery. One note reads: Site 319. Woman ~50. Hands tied. Plastic bag over head. No name. Ask Sasha if she can identify.
She recorded dozens of such sites working with investigators. 2/
In Kharkiv, a librarian led her to a basement shelter lined with Soviet encyclopedias.
Woman said: We used them during shelling – they were printed on better paper.
Leavitt: There was no indication to the United States that any of enriched Iranian uranium was moved out Fordow facility prior to the strike. 1/
Leavitt: Trump made 5% NATO defense spending possible, boosting our collective strength and making burden-sharing fair. This is the Trump effect. This is what “America is back” means. 2/
Q: Is U.S. going to send Patriot missiles for Ukraine?
Leavitt: It was a productive private meeting with Zelenskyy. Trump wants to see the war end, as he’s said many times. I'll let him speak on that. 3/
Witkoff: We want everyone to see that this [Iran without nukes] benefits the whole region economically and politically, including Iran. It's a positive step, and conflict is no longer necessary. 1/
Witkoff: Trump aims to expand the Abraham Peace Accords, bringing more countries into the agreement.
Major announcements are expected soon, including nations few thought would join. It's a step to stabilize he Middle East. 2/
Witkoff: This was a signal to China [lifting off Iran oil sanctions] that we want cooperation, not conflict. Hopefully, Iran gets that message too.
It was a smart, strategic move by Trump. It's not surprising coming from him. 3/