Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to engage in crucial talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Türkiye before heading to Egypt for discussions with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, according to local reports.

European Union leaders on Thursday overcame months of opposition from Hungarian leader Viktor Orban to agree 50 billion euros ($54 billion) of aid for Ukraine, in a move they hailed as a strong message to Russia.

"The United States of America and its allies are imposing the famous 'Zelensky formula' on the international community and are trying to present that same formula as the only way to resolve the conflict," said the Russian Foreign Minister at the first meeting of representatives of the BRICS members as part of the Russian presidency of the organization.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, in preparation for the upcoming Special European Council meeting scheduled for February 1.

Day 705 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

As the Washington Post writes, citing its source, the new U.S. strategy will reduce the emphasis on returning the territories occupied by Russia, focusing on defense against new Russian advances.

Let us remind you that yesterday Putin landed in Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that is sandwiched between two NATO members Poland and Lithuania. Since he came to Kaliningrad from the far east of Siberia, he had to fly about 6,500 km, and at one point NATO raised nine planes because of Putin.

In a historic and symbolic gesture, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed deep appreciation for the "great honor for France" as a combined band and marching contingent of the French Armed Forces participated in India's 75th Republic Day Parade on Kartavya Path.

France's top constitutional authority on Thursday rejected parts of a controversial immigration bill adopted under pressure from the right, in a ruling applauded by government but slammed by the far right.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Russia was "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners" after Moscow accused Kiev of downing a military plane carrying dozens of its own captured soldiers.