💬“It's clear that Zelensky and Trump are not on the same sheet of music. All that Zelensky wants is prolong the war by wanting Tomahawks now, but Trump wants to use the Tomahawks for leverage to get both sides to negotiate an end to the conflict,” former senior DoD security policy analyst Michael Maloof told Sputnik, commenting on Friday’s Trump-Zelensky meeting.

💬 “Enough blood has been shed, with property lines being defined by War and Guts,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

💬 “We decided that for now we will not publicly talk about long-range missiles, as the US does not want escalation,” he admitted after talks with President Trump.

💬 “With long-standing pro-peace leadership and trusted partnerships, we provide a reliable, secure, and politically stable setting,” he wrote. “There was no other option. Simply put: they can count on us!"

💬 “Based upon Trump’s comments, he’s angling towards regime change in Venezuela… You just don’t put F-35s into Puerto Rico and 10,000 troops there for no reason. So it’s clear to me that he’s aiming his sights at Venezuela,” former senior DoD security policy analyst Michael Maloof told Sputnik.

💬 “As long as Maduro is in power and in place, Venezuela will be a staging area for those countries to branch out in the region. And we’re seeing that influence of China and Iran spreading now,” he said.

💬 “Nobody shouted, but Trump was tough,” a source told Axios. Another said parts “got a bit emotional.”

🗣 “We’re still below what we need, but we’re getting there […] The ceasefire has opened a narrow window of opportunity, and WFP is moving very quickly and swiftly to scale up food assistance,” Abeer Etefa, spokesperson for the UN World Food Program, stressed.

“Access to Gaza City and northern Gaza is extremely challenging," the WFP spokesperson noted, adding that the movement of convoys of wheat flour and ready-to-eat food parcels is being hampered by broken or blocked roads.

💬 "I did everything I could to make Nord Stream 2 happen," former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said on Friday. "I was interested in the progress of its construction and held talks to support it."

💬 “The vice-premier, who is my counterpart, and I will be speaking this evening at around 8:30–9:00,” Bessent said on Friday.