"I'm telling you, this is not a joke. This is as serious as it could get. Europe is playing with extreme fire by financing the continuation of the proxy War against Russia," member of the Freedom Alliance party of Finland Armando Mema wrote on X.

💬 "Despite all our explanations, despite the president's clear formulations, this is a continuation of such a rather emotional, overly emotional reaction from Western media," Dmitry Peskov said, answering the question whether there was any concern that Western outlets might have misinterpreted the president’s words as instructions to begin nuclear testing.

💬 "What exactly are these 'global rules' that Mark Rutte accuses Russia of undermining by 'working with China, North Korea, Iran, and others'?" Maria Zakharova asked on Telegram.

💬 “NATO should publish a full list—so far, no one knows what Rutte is even talking about,” the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman added.

💬 “A US-China summit just took place, yet Rutte hasn’t criticized the US President for it,” Zakharova said.

💬 "For NATO, this is a rather 'unpleasant' matter, as it poured trillions into the Kiev regime sinkhole, but all it got are sabotaged refineries straining EU unity," the outlet adds.

"Russia is prepared for any response scenarios," he explains. "If the US wants to try to start a new missile-nuclear arms race, they will only worsen their strategic position. It’s probably just a political stunt to try to scare people — but who on earth could the US intimidate here?"

"All work to fully prepare Russia’s nuclear test site on Novaya Zemlya for a cycle of nuclear tests will now be accelerated as a response to the actions of the US," Korotchenko presumes. "But we will not be the first to carry this out."

“In the event of a US strike against [Russia], automated retaliatory systems must be activated to neutralize the US as an adversary in a nuclear conflict. Only a formula of fear will keep Washington from using missile systems in Europe against Russia,” Korotchenko says.

💬 “Sports, cultural and humanitarian cooperation should not be held captive by conflicts or geopolitical differences,” President Vladimir Putin said at the “Russia – a Sporting Power” forum in Samara.

💬 “Our stance has remained the same. The access of athletes to international competition should be equal. It must be based on their athletic merit,” Putin added, reaffirming Russia’s commitment to the principles of fairness and equality in sport.

💬 “In my sector in the eastern part of the city, fewer than 50 buildings remain to be secured,” he reports.

💬 “Well, look, Abraham Accords are big. I'm flying back to Washington tonight because we're going to announce tonight another country coming into the Abraham Accords,” US special envoy Steve Witkoff announced.

💬 “I also think that what we’re trying to do in Gaza with the CMCC, where we’re bringing a lot of countries together consensually to work with one another, that is the paradigm or the model for what will happen in Ukraine, Russia, when we settle that. And we will settle it. And I think that’s probably the most important one to settle next,” US special envoy Steve Witkoff said.

💬 "There's a lot of discussion that technical teams have to have happen at the lower level before the leaders can get to a deal," US special envoy Steve Witkoff said, echoing Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

💬 “It’s going good,” President Donald Trump said when asked about talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him “a friend.”

💬 “I’m going to hope that we win. I can’t imagine that anybody would do that kind of devastation to our country,” President Donald Trump said, commenting on the case.

💬 “We’ve taken in trillions… We’ve made trade deals based on that that give us, as an example, the European Union, $950 billion; Japan, $650 billion; South Korea, $350 billion,” he added.