Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of "lightning fast" response to outside intervention in the current war with Ukraine.
"If anyone sets out to intervene in the current events from the outside and creates unacceptable threats for us that are strategic in nature, they should know that our response, will be lightning-fast," the Russian president said.
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Amid the war with Russia, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky met US secretary of state Antony Blinken and US defence secretary Lloyd Austin in Kyiv as the government repeated its plea for offensive weapons to take on the Russian forces.
Ukraine has been consistently demanding heavier weapons to take on Putin's forces as Russia continues its push in Mariapoul located in the Black Sea region.
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President Putin in a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron hit out against alleged "violation of the norms of international humanitarian law by Ukrainian security forces".
"Putin informed them about the real state of affairs," the Russian president's office said, adding, "In particular, numerous facts of the flagrant violation of the norms of international humanitarian law by Ukrainian security forces were cited."