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.