TASS Russian news agency

“The result of the operation has already surpassed itself,” Akhmat Special Forces Commander Lieutenant General Apty Alaudinov said.

"I know that these are dark days, brought on by a country we can no longer trust," Carney said, speaking at the party convention, referring to the US tariffs. He also promised that Canada, by coming together, would succeed in "getting over the shock." "I promise you this: together we can and we will get through this crisis," the incoming head of government said. Earlier, he called US tariffs the main threat to the country.

"That man is a very good man right there that you criticize," the US leader said, referring to US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. "He's a very good man, and he will continue to do a good job."

“The Ukrainians today have expressed their willingness and readiness to do start talks immediately. We hope the Russians’ answer to that will also be ‘yes’,” the top US diplomat said.

“US President Donald Trump has made it clear that all fighting needs to stop, and the Ukrainians have agreed to that proposal. They're ready for peace, and now we'll take that to the Russians and get their response,” national security adviser Mike Waltz added.

“The outcome of today‘s Ukraine-US talks can become a major turning point in Ukraine‘s quest for lasting peace and security. Germany, together with our partners, will support the Ukrainian people further down this path,” the top diplomat wrote on her X page.

“After deliberation, the Constitutional Court unanimously rejected the formulated protests as unfounded, as they do not meet the procedural conditions that are enshrined in law,” the court said in a statement.

“We need Greenland, very importantly, for international security,” he told reporters in the White House. “If you look at Greenland right now, if you look at the waterways, you have Chinese and Russian ships all over the place,” Trump noted, adding that the US is “not relying on Denmark or anybody else to take care of that situation.”

“We have to have Greenland. It's not a question of do you think we can do without it, we can't,” he said. “We're not talking about peace for the United States. We're talking about world peace,” the US president stressed.