Russia says it did everything in its power to avert a food crisis amid the country’s ongoing military operation in Ukraine.

Russia says that US-controlled biological laboratories in Nigeria, where monkeypox came from, are responsible for the spread of the viral zoonosis.

Russia says Israel is supporting "the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev", raising the stakes in its tensions with Tel Aviv over the raging war in Ukraine. 

Russia says there are "many" foreign officers and mercenaries fighting for Ukraine on the western side of the ex-Soviet republic.

The foreign minister of Russia says Ukraine’s allegations on the Bucha incident only seek to undermine Moscow.

Russia’s foreign minister says the US is interested in prolonging the military conflict in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine enters its 24th day.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called off a planned meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in a move that will further escalate the rising tensions over Ukraine and make an immediate diplomatic solution to the crisis become less likely.

Foreign Minister Lavrov has accused the US of seeking to provoke a conflict in Ukraine.

Moscow says the US and NATO are still failing to address Russia’s security concerns over Ukraine, but more talks are possible to defuse tensions.