In a meeting with visiting Nikol Pashinyan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan also highlights the importance of consensus in ongoing Azerbaijan-Armenia peace talks.

Putin acknowledges that there is no confirmed evidence suggesting Ukraine plans to use a dirty bomb, but says that if Ukraine were to drop one on Russian territory, it would trigger a "mirror response".

Just 40 percent of drinking water facilities are functional, says spokesperson, warning of children deaths due to thirst if the situation does not improve.