Sri Lanka, July 15 -- Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed the "Coalition of the Willing's" illusions about the possibility of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, navigation in the Sea of Azov, and media reports alleging that an assassination attempt against US President Donald Trump was planned during the recent NATO Summit in his daily briefing on Monday.

TASS has compiled the key statements made by the Russian Presidential Press Secretary.

The "Coalition of the Willing" seeks not peace, but instead, a continuation of war: "I would call it a Coalition of Warmongers. This group of countries does not want peace but rather a continuation of war."

"We will certainly monitor it very closely. These countries are taking hostile acti...