Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “I urge Ukrainians to remain in shelters and take precautions as the strikes unfold.”

Putin does not want peace talks at the moment, in any form.

We want to end this war as quick as possible. We don’t see now signals from the Russian side that they are ready for this, to end this war. That’s why we have to prepare for the winter.

I'm harder to deal with than Putin… And he's easier to deal with than Putin… I mean, Trump is easier for me. I have had several meetings with the president of the United States. And we always find topics to discuss and decisions to make. I…

They are slightly on Russia’s side. And by ‘slightly,’ I mean not direct weapons supplies, but a greater openness to them, a greater willingness to help them rather than us – and for a country as large as China, ‘slightly’ means a lot.