Overview

• Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called claims that NATO states are ready to shoot down Russian aircraft irresponsible and said no evidence shows Russian airspace violations.
• Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova dismissed Bloomberg’s report about a European warning to Moscow as an invented, russophobic narrative.
• IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said his talk with Vladimir Putin was significant and reiterated the need to keep working to avert any nuclear incident linked to the conflict.
• Peskov said Russia hopes the investigation into the 2022 Nord Stream blasts will be completed, following recent steps by German prosecutors including an arrest in Italy.
• Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met Vladimir Putin in Moscow with an agenda that includes a decision on building a second Belarusian nuclear power plant.