"No, the president does not have a trip to the Middle East scheduled for mid-May. But, on the other hand, we have repeatedly said that such a meeting is clearly what everyone is talking about, and in many ways we believe that it is, of course, necessary.

It must be prepared accordingly and this requires efforts at various expert levels, continuation of contacts between Moscow and Washington, which were launched and are currently ongoing. But so far there are no specifics on this matter"

'This war is about the freedom of many nations, not just Ukraine. The flags on Moscow's tanks may change. After Putin, they will paint something else on the flags, but what does not change is Moscow's desire to control other nations in Europe. And this desire has controlled their tanks for decades.'