Putin:

Finland — why did it join NATO? Did we have any territorial disputes with Finland? Everything had long been settled.

Putin:

Macron called me in 2022 and said that Ukraine could not sign documents in Istanbul "with a gun to its head," and asked me to withdraw troops from Kyiv.

Putin:

The United States clearly does not need the Ukrainian conflict; it has many other priority tasks.

Putin:

They expected a crushing defeat for Russia and the collapse of its statehood within a few months.

It hasn’t happened. And then they got stuck in this rut and now they can’t get out of it.

Putin:

Russia and China are preparing to take a very serious step forward in cooperation in the gas and oil sectors.

Trump:

Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff met Qatar’s prime minister in Miami Saturday to discuss a possible Iran war deal.

Source: Axios

IRGC Aerospace Commander Maj. Gen. Seyed Majid Mousavi:

IRGC Aerospace Force missiles and drones are locked onto American targets in the region and enemy aggressor ships; we are awaiting the order to launch.

IRGC Navy:

Any attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s oil tankers or commercial vessels will trigger a heavy strike against one of the American bases in the region and enemy ships.

Trump is having fun.

Armenia's PM Pashinyan on Karabakh:

They say we lost land. How was that land ours? How was it ours? Please explain, how was it ours?

I don't want to speak behind dead people's backs, but let's say under the control of a few generals who planted wheat there, for instance, let's say, was that it? How was it ours? How? Explain it, how was it?

Did we build a school there, did we build a kindergarten, did we build a factory, did we live there, a settlement... how was it ours? It was not ours. It was not ours.

North Korea has changed its constitution to mandate an automatic nuclear strike if Kim Jong-un is killed or incapacitated by a foreign attack.

Under the revised law, if command over North Korea’s nuclear forces is threatened, the military must launch a retaliatory nuclear strike immediately.

Source: The Telegraph

French President Macron:

Arabic is the second most spoken language in France, and it is a reality that often needs to be reminded.

I want French to continue being a cherished language among Egyptians.

The Mediterranean is united through this multilingualism.

French President Macron:

The epicenter of the French language today is in the Congo River basin.

It is no longer on the banks of the Seine, because that is where the largest number of French speakers now live.

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias:

We are building the strongest armed forces in the history of Hellenism.

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias:

How do we deal with a country that produces huge numbers of drones and has chosen to threaten Greece? How do we answer this threat?

The ecosystem of the Greek defense industry has given the answer. And that answer is called ‘Centaur.’

It is one of the most advanced anti-drone systems in the world. It is produced by Greek hands. It is designed by Greek minds. And it equips the Greek armed forces to confront threats against Greece.

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias:

Until now, what happened?

The armed forces would ask for weapons, and in 99% of cases we would simply go and buy them off foreign shelves.

What we are doing now is something completely different.

Southern Cypriot EU MP Fidias Panayiotou:

Israel is buying Cyprus.

It's as if those areas are no longer ours.

The character of our island is altered.

📸 This is Israel's secret airbase in Iraq.

Satelitte imagery shows a roughly 1.6 km airstrip cleared in a dry lake bed about 180 km southwest of Najaf/Karbala in Iraq's western desert.