President Vladimir Putin says he has secured Israel’s pledge to safeguard Russian personnel at Iran’s Russia-built nuclear power plant and that he has reached out to both sides to try to end the week-old war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said hundreds of his country's nuclear experts will continue to work at a power plant in Iran after Israel agreed to guarantee their safety. Over 200 Russian experts are currently working at the Bushehr nuclear power plant on the Persian Gulf,

China and Russia positioning themselves as voices of reason, calling for de-escalation of a conflict the United States is contemplating on entering — these are the optics Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin sought to project during a phone call on Thursday.