Interstate relations

Ukraine lives off loans from the West and is actually its colony, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her Telegram channel.

Moscow and Minsk are discussing various options for interaction on the topic of import substitution, in particular financial, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Prime Minister Mitsotakis said that Greece is ready to help with the grain export from Ukraine.

Estonian PM says that EU unity is difficult to maintain due to sanctions against Moscow.

The head of The Ukranian Naftogaz said that Ukraine can help Europe substitute Russian gas.

NATO will not give Russia guarantees of non-deployment of nuclear weapons in Sweden and Finland.

Russia may annex the Kherson Region the same way as it annexed Crimea.

Donetsk has spoken about the number of people who died because of shelling over the past day.

A new package of anti-Russian sanctions will only bring a smile to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Croatian leader Zoran Milanovic.

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel about the “hatred” of the West for Russia and everything connected with it.

The world is really close to the beginning of the third world war, said Alexei Pushkov, a member of the Federation Council, in a conversation with Tsargrad.

Federation Council member Alexei Pushkov in his Telegram channel reacted to Israel's refusal to satisfy the US request to allow Germany to supply Spike anti-tank missiles manufactured under an Israeli license to Ukraine.

The situation in Donbass, in which Ukrainian troops are currently stationed, is “extremely bad,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

The Polish authorities have plans to expand into Ukraine. Warsaw is using Russia's actions as a pretext, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

The turning point in Russia's special military operation in Ukraine will come when the grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbas is destroyed, State Duma deputy Anatoly Wasserman said.