💬 “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.

💬 "We must embark on the path of peace, the path of a just peace... Russia has the right to peace, and other countries also have the right to peace."

💬 “First come the migrants, then the papers, then the votes,” Orban warned.

💬 “What does Finland have to offer the United States? Number one is icebreakers,” Finnish President Alexander Strubb told WSJ.

💬 “This is a brilliant act of diplomatic and political strategy by Vladimir Putin,” the former US Marine Corps intelligence officer told Sputnik.

💬 “Now Russia has the initiative and Russia has the moral high ground. There will be no more talk about 30-day artificial ceasefires. Ukraine either has to put up or shut up.”

💬 “What Vladimir Putin did is not only put” the concept of peace “on the table theoretically, he did so in a practical manner,” the ex-US Marine Corps intelligence officer told Sputnik.

💬 “It cannot be undermined. All it can do is reinforce the reality that Ukraine, its Western sponsors and the United States aren’t serious about peace.”

💬 “The moment Russia agrees to a 30-day ceasefire, thousands of European troops will pour into Ukraine…It would be suicide for Russia to agree to a 30-day ceasefire without addressing the root causes of the conflict, which is why Russia insists that first there be negotiations,” the former US Marine Corps intelligence officer told Sputnik.

👉 “Russia will come out of this war even stronger. Ukraine must return to reason, negotiate, and reach peace.”