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The head of the British armed forces said that “the two main European nuclear powers are approaching to forge a stronger and deeper partnership” after a meeting with the French counterparts.

The leaders of the British and French Marine and Air Force Edge met in London on Monday, as well as the head of the defense forces of both countries.

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, head of the defense staff, said: “In this moment fundamental for European security, the third meeting of British and French staff leaders should be seen as a sign of reassurance and commitment. The two main nuclear powers of Europe are taking a step forward to forge a stronger and more profound partnership that has a fundamental role to play continuous safety.

“Today’s deliberations will help to model the future of British and French military cooperation and our efforts shared to support Ukraine with military aid now and after any peace agreement.

“The combined convening power of Great Britain and France is immense. The political leadership of Prime Minister Starmer and President Macron is reflected in military planning that is underway among their respective staff while we put together a coalition of the provisions of Europe and beyond.”

The Russian Defense Ministry has declared that it had started planned exercises involving intercontinental ballistic missiles of Yars, reports in the state media.

According to the Ministry, Yars ICBM regiments in the Sharklovsk and Altai regions “will be distributed in field positions”.

The Yars is a missile with nuclear ability that can be moved on truck or in silos room.

Donald Trump said he soon expects to sign an agreement that gives the United States a participation in the critical minerals of Ukraine.

Speaking with journalists while meeting his cabinet, Trump also said that Washington is talking to Ukraine of the potential for American companies that have Ukrainian power plants.

The prime minister is not worried about the observations made by the special correspondent of the White House Steve Witkoff on the coalition of the creation of will to help Ukraine in the event of ceased the fire.

When asked if the prime minister was worried about the comments, his official spokesman said: “No, the prime minister repeatedly stated that a lasting peace in Ukraine can only be achieved if we provide real and credible security guarantees to discourage Putin.

“And the coalition of The Willing is a group of nations politically aligned with the defense, safety and sovereignty of Ukraine … If there is an agreement, it is an agreement that must be defended.”

The Russian attack in Sumy who left dozen injured, including children shows that Russia “wants to continue terror,” said Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

By sharing a video of the destruction on X, Shmyhal wrote: “Russia attacked the civil infrastructures of Sumy. The residential and private houses in particular have been damaged. There are victims, including children”.

He continued: “Ukraine is working for peace and Russia is again showing that he wants to continue terror. The international community must increase pressure on Russia to stop aggression and guarantee justice and save the life of Ukrainians”.

Sam Kiley reports the publisher of world affairs from Ukraine:

The electronic hum in the sky above told him that the Russian They were on a Safari on the hunt and that was the prey. By jumping from his bicycle, Oleksandr left his wheels by turning while hit through a hole in a fence hoping to find coverage.

It is horrified to discover that he was still in the open air, he threw himself against the fence, hoping to merge, to hide in some way. THE drone Track laterally, hanging over him and dropped his bomb.

The explosion snatched a part of his leg.

“He was hovering over me. I had the feeling that he was playing a computer game, dropping bombs on peaceful civilians,” said Oleksandr Sensky from the hospital where he is taking back to Kherson.

In the large rooms of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, a United States delegation was deployed for an intense diplomacy round with Moscow and Kyiv officials.

With discussions in Russia-USA in progress and a second round of Ukrainian-Stanitual interviews that will arrive later during the day, here is everything we know so far.

• Ukraine and US officials met last night. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov greeted the talks as “productive and focused”, while the delegations are preparing to meet again today.
• The talks between Moscow and the United States began today and were described as “creatives” by a Russian negotiator, during a break after three hours of negotiations.
• Together with a ceased the fire on energy infrastructures and on the long -term peace perspective, Washington is trying to get a ceased the fire of the Black Sea in the intense diplomacy round. This would guarantee safe navigation for commercial ships in the Black Sea.
• The Russian part played the opportunity to cease the talks in motion quickly. The spokesman for the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that many aspects of a peace agreement have yet to be resolved, while the Moscow Foreign Ministry said that the current negotiations “should not produce a turning point”.
• The Russia delegation is led by the 70 -year security service consultant Sergei Beneda and 75 -year -old Grigory Karasin, career diplomat and former ambassador to Great Britain.
• Sources close to Donald Trump have told Telegraph that it will begin to become “frustrated” if Russia and Ukraine continue to bomb the energy infrastructures – the accusations have both leveled each other.
• Vladimir Putin previously discussed the ongoing talks in Riyadh with his counterpart of the United Arab Emirates, President Mohammed Bin Zayed al Nahyan, according to state media.