Russian President Vladimir Putin has put forward four key conditions for ending the war in Ukraine. This was reported to Reuters by sources.

The founder and honorary chairman of the ruling party of Georgia, businessman and oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili declined a meeting with US Ambassador Robin Dunnigan, who was supposed to deliver a message from the presidential administration. According to the embassy’s statement, this happened last week.

A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was held in Bishkek. The work was attended by Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, heads and representatives of the military departments of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

The list of world leaders who, according to the Georgian authorities, are involved in the "Deep State" conspiracy theory includes French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. This happened immediately after they published a joint critical statement addressed to official Tbilisi.

The website of the Russian "patriotic" propaganda TV channel Tsargrad has become inaccessible in Azerbaijan. The blocking occurred due to the fact that the publication was disseminating "false and provocative information directed against Azerbaijan." This was reported by Minval.az editor Emil Mustafayev, who sent a corresponding statement to the country's Ministry of Digital Development and Transport.

There will be no new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, despite all the provocations. This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the Yerevan Dialogue 2025 international forum.

The Georgian government has once again come under harsh criticism from the West. This is the joint statement by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, published on Monday, May 26, on the occasion of Georgia's Independence Day.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed decrees on personal sanctions against a number of Russian and Ukrainian citizens. One of the persons involved is the assistant to the head of Chechnya, the republic's minister for national policy, external relations, press and information, Akhmed Dudayev.

The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Bastrykin ordered to initiate a criminal case and investigate the incident with the "desecration" of the Russian flag at a concert in Georgia.

Azerbaijan will continue to provide humanitarian support to Ukraine. This was stated by the country's President Ilham Aliyev during a meeting in Baku with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha.