An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled. It's better to cancel now and celebrate later, than to celebrate now and grieve later.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Omicron fears

We are extremely concerned that elements of the US global missile defence system are being deployed next to Russia. If US and Nato missile systems appear in Ukraine, then their approach time to Moscow will be reduced to seven or 10 minutes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin