“Our journalist Kirill Vyshinsky has passed away. A courageous man who served time for his values — for our values — in a Ukrainian prison, and never broke under pressure. He endured illness with remarkable stoicism. Rest in peace, dear friend,” said Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of Sputnik's parent media group Rossiya Segodnya.

"Kirill, as a talented journalist and patriot of our shared culture, experienced the full extent of the twisted cruelty of cave-dwelling Ukrainian nationalism. For merely collaborating with our editorial team, he was thrown into prison, where he spent 15 long months in conditions akin to torture… Kirill Vyshinsky will remain in our memory as an example of the highest civic, professional, and human standard," he said.

💬 NATO countries have provided 99% of military aid to Ukraine, which reached $50 billion in 2024, the alliance’s Military Committee Chair Giuseppe Cavo Dragone told Corriere della Sera.

💬 "He was a true, genuine, and real fighter for human rights and freedom of speech," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said following the death of Rossiya Segodnya executive director Kirill Vyshinsky.

💬 "I extend my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones, though a great number of people were close to him," Zakharova added.

💬 "He was a person who was a reliable friend and comrade, participated in international conferences and symposiums," Zakharova noted. "He tried to reach out to the international community to convey the truth about the atrocities of the Kiev regime."

💬 German troops in Ukraine would not be ‘peacekeepers’ but would instead trigger a dangerous escalation against Russia, right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-chair Alice Weidel told Welt am Sonntag.