Putin says there is no point meeting Zelensky, Hezbollah rejected truce, US shot down 4 Iranian drones, John Bolton to plead guilty, UK rebuked JD Vance on Nowak death

On Friday, June 5, 2026, U.S. forces shot down four Iranian suicide drones. Zelenskyy proposed a face-to-face meeting with Putin; Putin stated that a personal meeting would only happen after experts negotiated long-term legal agreements, rather than a temporary truce. On June 4, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Ukraine Support Act. Hezbollah's leader Naim Qassem officially rejected the Washington-mediated truce. He has denounced negotiations between Lebanon and Israel as “shameless”, describing the ceasefire agreement as a “roadmap to annihilate part of the Lebanese people”. Heavy gunfire and explosions erupted across Mogadishu due to intense street fighting between Somali state security forces and armed militias loyal to opposition political figures. The U.S. Treasury Department officially imposed direct sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel alongside affiliated entities. Former Trump administration National Security Adviser John Bolton has reached a tentative deal with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information. U.S. is aggressively increasing emergency assistance, alongside denouncing any attempts to destabilize the democratically elected government. Downing Street has strongly rebuked US Vice President JD Vance after he blamed the murder of British teenager Henry Nowak on a "mass invasion of migrants".