Vladimir Putin

“All of this looks repugnant when it comes to the residents of the capital.”— Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote this on Telegram in response to Zelenskyy’s accusations.

“I am constantly in Russia; I speak with everyone there—with artists, ordinary people, officials—and if I can help with official contacts in Russia, I’m ready to do so immediately.”— Alexander von Bismarck said this, according to a transcript published by Compact, at the opening of a TV studio in Magdeburg.

“dear friend”— Bettina Anderson described Umar Kremlev as a “dear friend” of the couple.

“While Russia and Belarus are supporting this illegal, unjustified, horrific war in Ukraine, as long as that’s going on, there will be none of those athletes competing for their countries in Canada.”— Canadian prime minister Mark Carney said this while explaining why Russian and Belarusian players would be excluded from the world junior championship in Canada.

“We are ready for war with Europe, but we don’t want it. As for them – if anyone desires such a thing, let them prepare.”— Vladimir Putin said this at a Russia-Africa summit, while warning that Europe should prepare for war.

“If you had the courage to tell the truth and to do what is right you would tell Putin that he is not winning this war and will not win.”— Ed Miliband, the UK foreign secretary, said this to Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at the G20 meeting in Atlanta.

“Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be. Ukraine[’s] military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week.”— Elon Musk said this while explaining the restriction of Ukraine’s access to Starlink.