- Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president and current security official, has warned of “World War III” after US President Donald Trump criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions in Ukraine.
- Mr Trump's special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, responded to Mr Medvedev's comments as “reckless” and “unfitting of a world power”.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested Trump was “emotional” and that Europe was sabotaging peace efforts between the US, Turkey, and Russia.
- Russian state media and political commentators have downplayed Mr Trump's recent criticisms, viewing them as a “skirmish across the ocean” and questioning whether the US will escalate actions against Moscow.
- Despite the escalating war of words, US embassy officials attended a security meeting in Moscow, marking the first time an American delegation has attended such an event since before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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