💬"An unconditional ceasefire is not preceded by negotiations," the French president told reporters as he stepped off a train in the Polish city of Przemysl on his return from Ukraine.

💬 “Let’s wait for the reaction of those to whom the offer was made,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, commenting on Putin's peace talks proposal.

💬 "Putin said clearly that first, there will be discussions on the root causes, and only then can we talk about a ceasefire," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.

💬 “It is extremely important for many Western countries to keep this war going,” the Slovak prime minister said at a press conference.

💬 “I believe that this point of view will change, I will remind you again that this is a matter for Ukraine and Russia, if they are interested in negotiating, let them do so.”

💬 "This borderline insanity was illustrated with a swarm of drones. Thank goodness, our air defense has got things up and running very efficiently," Dmitry Peskov told Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin.