Due to Meta’s unwillingness to comply with Russian law, such a decision was indeed made and implemented,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday that Moscow is unlikely to end its war against Ukraine until it is "economically, potentially militarily, exhausted. " "We are approaching this time,"

Another round of U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Russia and Ukraine will take place next week in Geneva, days ahead of the fourth anniversary of the all-out Russian invasion of its neighbor,