Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed confirmed the early handover of 12 Russian Su-35 fighters and plans to acquire four S-400 air defense batteries during a Moscow summit, as the country's confrontation with neighboring Eritrea intensifies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of a 90-minute call with Finland's Alexander Stubb and Norway's Jonas Gahr Støre lecturing them on medieval Slavic history, the FT reports, while an immediate Ukraine ceasefire was barely discussed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian diesel tankers bound for the U.S. would not be targeted, but warned that the Trump-Putin agreement could lead to broader sanctions relief for Moscow. He said Kyiv had no orders to halt retaliatory strikes.
A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Qatar had offered no new ceasefire proposal, dismissing its suggestions as unacceptable and ruling out nuclear concessions despite reports of a proposed seven-day framework to end the U.S.-Iran conflict.
Proposals include reviving a Sakhalin oil venture and restoring Russian crude sales to Europe through Druzhba, along with a comprehensive peace settlement.
Armenia's parliament ratified the U.S.-backed TRIPP corridor agreement by 63 votes to 32, advancing a transit route through Syunik linking Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan. The deal gives a U.S.-controlled venture a 74% stake while retaining Armenian jurisdiction.
