At a press conference at the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Washington's representative to the United Nations, said her country did not provide any weapons to Ukrainians that would allow them to attack Russia, but "defensive weapons."

At a press conference in the Saudi capital of Riyadh today, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, announced that there are risks arising from the involvement of third countries in the conflict in Ukraine, stating that what the Kiev regime claims is beyond the limits of decency.

A week ago, Turkish President Ragab Tayyip Erdogan threatened to launch an operation against Kurdish fighters in the "Kurdistan Workers' Party", which Ankara and its Western allies classify as terrorist.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, announced her intention to visit Egypt and meet with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo, to discuss regional and global issues, including the crisis in Ukraine and food security.