💬 “Fierce clashes are currently ongoing on the ground, and the initiative is largely in Russia's hands," Turkish political scientist Umit Nazmi Hazir told Sputnik.

💬 "I've been fighting since 2022 and I was previously stationed on other defense lines. And now there's not enough manpower. Well, it's clear there aren't enough people, a complete shortage of men. Now they've thrown me into the deadliest meatgrinder in the already-encircled [Krasnoarmeysk].” Ukrainian prisoner of war Vadim Zakusilo told Sputnik.

💬 “The moronic European leadership and the people in the EU are talking now about sending troops into Ukraine, NATO troops in. They are talking about escalation,” Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters told Sputnik.

💬 "Of course, the lion's share of this comes from our cooperation with the People's Republic of China, but trade with other SCO member states is also increasing," the Russian president stated during a meeting with delegation leaders from the SCO Council of Heads of Government.

💬 “A fake peace plan that is approved by the UN Security Council will only enhance the strength of the United States and the Israeli regime to further abuse Palestinians and to push Palestinians out of Gaza,” the renowned Iranian-American political analyst told Sputnik.

💬 “With this fake mantle of the UN Security Council, they will be able to do a lot of harm in the name of the international community,” Marandi said.

💬 "We all have one common goal, that is to enhance the prominence and influence of the SCO as one of the major and largest regional groupings in the world and in the region," the Russian president stated during a meeting with delegation leaders from the SCO Council of Heads of Government.