National Security Council

"I have just finished talking with the President of France, whom I thanked for the fair role that France and he personally have in relation to Serbia and its citizens. The conversation was essential and very specific on all burning issues in the Western Balkans, in addition, through the prism of all events in Eastern Europe.

Information is coming from Lugansk that two more civilians were killed in last night's shelling. The United States believes that Vladimir Putin has broken through and plans to invade his neighbor.
Zelensky and his government honestly do not believe that Russia will attack.
Western intelligence services warn that Russian commanders have been ordered to attack Ukraine.

Two Saudi officials told The Associated Press the Saudi energy minister informed the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, of the kingdom's commitment to the group's current roadmap of cautious monthly  increases. They spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to brief journalists.

North Korea on Jan. 30 fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since U.S. President Joe Biden took office, possibly breaching a self-imposed suspension on the testing of longer-range weapons as it revives its old playbook in brinkmanship to wrest concessions from Washington and neighbors amid a prolonged stalemate in diplomacy.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Ukraine on Feb. 3 as part of efforts to calm down tension due to the Russian confrontation in eastern Ukraine.

A telephone conversation between US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Thursday "did not go well", a senior Ukrainian official told CNN. The reason for this is the disagreement over the "risk levels" of a Russian attack.

Turkey's National Security Council on Jan. 27 called for de-escalation of tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

The National Security Council (NSC) convened under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex.

'The escalation is not in the interest of anyone,' Erdoğan said in a statement, following the meeting. 

North Korea on Thursday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its sixth round of weapons launches this month, South Korea's military said.

At the behest of President Joe Biden, the Pentagon has put about 8,500 U.S.-based troops on high alert, which could be sent to Europe if Russia invades Ukraine, the Associated Press and Reuters reported, quoting Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.

The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works architect Violeta Komitova presented the results of her inspection of the road section Dragichevo - Dolna Dikanya, where the bus accident from the Republic of North Macedonia took place.