Overview
- President Trump ordered two US nuclear submarines to position near Russian waters after Dmitri Medvedev warned that US ceasefire ultimatums risked leading to war.
- Washington also threatened secondary sanctions on countries importing Russian oil if Moscow fails to agree to a truce within ten days.
- Special envoy Steve Witkoff is in Moscow to press Russian officials for an immediate ceasefire as diplomatic channels remain stalled.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry reported fresh advances by its Eastern Military Group in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions despite US warnings.
- President Putin confirmed that production of the Oreshnik hypersonic missile has begun and plans call for its deployment in Belarus by year-end.