Granted rare access inside the Kremlin, CNN's Fred Pleitgen attends a meeting between Russian president Vladimir Putin and the president of Kazakhstan. | CNN International

Undated video circulating on social media shows Russian troops moving through dense fog in Pokrovsk as Moscow steps up efforts to reinforce positions. Ukraine says around 300 Russian soldiers are in the town and are trying to push north to encircle the area. | Al Jazeera English

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made a comparison between Russian and Western weapons, believing that Russian missiles have “proven their effectiveness compared to Western weapons.” “There are those who, until recently, relied on Western manufacturers, but are becoming increasingly convinced, observing what is happening in the world, how various conflicts are unfolding in which different weapons are used, that our weapons are superior”, Lavrov said. #Russia #Putin #Lavrov #weapons #missil