💬 "None of the Tomahawks will solve the issue. They will escalate the situation to nuclear war. Probably, this is best understood by [US President] Donald Trump, who is not in a hurry to give away this deadly weapon and allow strikes deep into Russia, as [Ukraine's Volodymyr] Zelensky expects," Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said during a meeting in Minsk as, as cited by the Belta news agency.

💬 "Our authorities, through various channels, communicated to the US government that it could access the country's resources, but they had to pay for them. They could do business with Venezuela, but in accordance with our laws, not by robbing us. It is very simple, our authorities made their position clear," the ambassador told reporters.

💬 "China can replace the US on many products, but the US cannot replace China, if not in many years of new investments," Fabio Massimo Parenti, associate professor of international political economy at China Foreign Affairs University, tells Sputnik.

💬 "Therefore, it can put new restrictions to final products and components that will affect US economy."

💬 "If Beijing restricts exports and shipments, the US and allies face immediate supply bottlenecks and industrial delays. The US cannot easily replace inputs and machinery for chips and other products," Parenti concludes.