"Serbia is not changing its position and has no intention of doing so. Serbia will not impose sanctions or alter its policy. This is all nonsense. I don’t understand who needs this or who is making it up," Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told Sputnik Serbia, responding to a media publication that claimed the Serbian PM was going to dismiss several pro-Russian politicians under Western pressure.

💬 "If the EU does not soon realize that this war can only be ended through diplomacy and serious negotiations, the suffering on both sides will continue," Vilimsky warned.

💬 “It is institutionally IMPOSSIBLE” for Brazil’s President Lula to make the concession which the US is demanding, something that leaves Lula “without an exit strategy,” Santos stressed.

"President Putin has taken a very important step which will into the future set a precedence," Prof. Fulufhelo Netswera from Durban University of Technology in South Africa tells Sputnik. This lets him act confidently with BRICS backing — while equally empowering other members in similar cases.

"The US is targeting BRICS with special tariffs and starting geopolitical re-alignment to target BRICS," says Dr. Anuradha Chenoy (JNU)

"Both the US and Russia know the Ukrainian playbook and will be on the watch for false flag operations. A Ukrainian false flag operation aimed at undermining President Trump's peace efforts would totally destroy all relations between Washington and Kiev," Valtersson warns.

"Europe wants to achieve a ceasefire on its own terms, especially given that NATO is waging war and determining Ukraine's fate as a springboard for operations against Russia," she added.

"I think we've entered a period with them where I think both sides realize that we would benefit from a period of strategic stability," Marco Rubio said in an interview with Sid Rosenberg.

"The neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine's only chance is to stage false flag attacks and blame Russia," Pavić says.