We've received a long letter from President Herzog's office denying that he went to Epstein's island.

In fact, denying unequivocally that he had any contact with Epstein ever. They didn't know each other. They'd never emailed with each other, never been in the same room. They had no relationship of any kind.

I've gotten a lot of letters like this over the years from people alleging, "Oh, you got it wrong." But rarely do you get a denial this unequivocal. And so for that reason, we are taking it seriously. There's nothing worse than impugning the reputation of an innocent man.

Of course, I don't know that Isaac Herzog was on the island. I was referring to that email and the protest against him, but I don't know that and I didn't mean to suggest that I do know that.

Again, President Herzog says he's never had any contact with Epstein ever.

Germany must return to affordable and secure energy. That includes returning to nuclear power.

We must buy oil and gas where it is cheapest — and that is in Russia.

We want a dialogue. We want an exchange, a level of conversation with the U.S. and also with Russia.

Because peace in Europe is only possible with Russia, not without it, and that's why we have always considered our relationship with Russia to be wrong.

End this senseless dying in Ukraine.

Why did the Western states, led in particular by Great Britain, prevent the Istanbul agreement in 2022? That would have been a better peace settlement for Zelensky than what is being discussed today.

Anyone who called for diplomacy was defamed as a Putin sympathizer. What kind of argument is that?

I would argue now with the proliferation of small drones and how cheap and effective they can be that Army aviation is just one minor user now.

Everybody is going to have drones in the airspace to some degree. It’s going to change everything.

The nature of war is the same. It’s always an endeavor of human conflict. But the character of war is just fundamentally different.

Ukraine’s calls out Hungary’s and Slovakia’s energy blackmail.

Statements from Budapest and Bratislava are provocative, irresponsible, and threaten the energy security of the entire region.

Ukraine is considering the possibility of activating the Early Warning Mechanism provided for in the Association Agreement.

Hungary and Slovakia should send their ultimatums to the Kremlin, and certainly not to Kyiv.