“I do not think much about Vladimir Putin.”

— Biden also said he did not accept that Ukraine using western-made Storm Shadow missiles to bomb targets in Russia would amount to Nato going to war with Moscow.

— British sources say London and Washington have decided to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles, but are not yet willing to announce it.

Note: Putin warned that allowing Ukraine to use Western-supplied long-range missiles would signify NATO's direct involvement in the conflict.

Moscow's envoy to the UN informed the Security Council that relaxing missile strike restrictions would amount to an escalation into "direct war" between Moscow and NATO.

"Germany has made a clear decision about what we will do and what we will not do. This decision will not change," Scholz said.

With any nuclear blackmail or threat, this must be said personally and publicly - if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin would have signed his own death warrant.

— They were arrested on December 1, 2023, in Ouagadougou, 48 hours after their arrival. The French government considers this a "hostage situation."

— The agents are accused of espionage and attempting to destabilize Captain Traoré's regime.

— They were arrested by Burkina Faso's Directorate of State Security (DSE).