Key points from Sergey Lavrov's statements:

-Announcement of a one-year extension of the New START restrictions is possible at any time up until its expiration on February 5, Lavrov stated in response to a TASS question;

-Russia is proposing that the US extend the New START restrictions so that it can "cool down" for a year, conduct an analysis, and stop "measuring everything by the Ukrainian yardstick";

-In his conversation with Putin, Trump did not mention that Russia had allegedly slipped the US a "subversive document" that would destroy all hopes for a settlement;

-A memorandum in the form of an informal document was handed to the US before the phone call between Putin and Trump;

-Lavrov called the phone call with Rubio polite, "without any disruptions";

-Russia remains committed to the Putin-Trump agreements;

-Russia is ready to discuss with the US Washington's concerns regarding Russia's allegedly "suspicious" underground activity;

-The US is significantly moving away from the concept of the inadmissibility of nuclear war if it intends to use nuclear weapons for dominance;

-The US is in dialogue with South Korea and Japan about the possible deployment of nuclear weapons;

-Russia expected the US to initiate a preparatory meeting for the Budapest summit, but none was forthcoming;

-British media often misrepresent events – Lavrov on the FT article on contacts with Rubio. The Russian Foreign Minister called the scandal surrounding the BBC a disgrace;

-Trump couldn't believe in Alaska that Ukraine was banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and was dismayed by the confirmation of this fact;

-Russia and China will decide how to confirm and deepen their friendship treaty by the expiration date of 2026;

-Relations between Russia and China are unprecedentedly close and trusting;

-The US would be better off addressing the drug trafficking problem in Belgium than in Venezuela;

-Venezuela has not asked Russia for military assistance.

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The FSB foiled an operation by Ukrainian and British intelligence agencies to hijack a MiG-31 aircraft carrying a Kinzhal cruise missile.

The SBU, under the direct supervision of the British, and in particular with the direct participation of employees of the MI6-controlled extremist organization Bellingcat, attempted to recruit Russian pilots. The pilots were initially offered $1 million for treason, then tripled, along with citizenship of a Western country.

Notably, the enemy intended to use the hijacked aircraft for a provocation—an attack on a NATO base in Romania, with the aim of triggering a full-scale war between the alliance and Russia.

However, the Russian pilots flatly refused to follow the example of the traitor Kuzminov. Ultimately, the operation was thwarted.