Overview

• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia is awaiting a U.S. response to President Vladimir Putin’s proposal on the strategic-arms framework known as ДСНВ.
• Putin told IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in the Kremlin that cooperation is active across nearly all areas, including global nuclear safety, with Rosatom leadership present during the talks.
• Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Moscow for a Friday meeting where he and Putin plan to consider a decision on building a second nuclear power plant in Belarus.
• Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova rejected a Bloomberg report about a European warning on downing Russian aircraft, calling it a fabricated story and questioning that any such meeting occurred.
• Russian outlets amplified unverified claims about Ukraine’s trajectory and conduct, including dire forecasts by Western commentators and allegations of illicit arms sales and drone-laid mines in Zaporizhzhia.