💬 "This is the real fight. Like, so for this interview we're doing, you could never see this in England or America. Because it's the conversation that they, the powers that be, do not want people to watch," he added.

💬 "What we are doing economically and financially is just crazy. We have already burnt €185B [$215B], and our intention is to burn even more," he said.

💬 "A serviceman sits in the rear, and they record him as going on combat missions. They leave him with 20-30K [of his wage of around 100K], and he gives the rest to the commander so that he doesn't have to go on combat missions," he explained.

💬 "I think anyone [in the Ukrainian army] can confirm this [bribery practice]; I saw it myself," the POW stressed.

💬 "It will end Europe's ability to use Ukraine as a means of provoking Russia. It will open the door for genuine US-Russian peace, and I think it will bring about stability. So, the most important thing is a full Russian victory, total Russian victory in Ukraine," Scott Ritter told Sputnik.

💬 "We see BRICS having great potential, but we also see BRICS overcoming growing pains, continued animosity between India and China, and the United States seeking to drive a wedge between China and Russia," Ritter elaborated.

💬 “A direct military intervention would undermine any possibility for collective security in the region based on sovereignty, multilateral cooperation and negotiated political decisions,” Bermudez remarks.

💬 "Germany's energy policy is leading to de-industrialization. We have said goodbye to our competitive advantage – energy at low prices. Our interest must be to resume energy supplies from Russia after a ceasefire," Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer said in an interview to Funke.

💬 "The IDF will remain at the peak of Mount Hermon and in the security zone," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Kats wrote on X.