"Western arms deliveries to Ukraine mean that NATO is 'essentially involved in a war with Russia' and Moscow considers these weapons to be legitimate military targets," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview broadcast Monday.

The executors of 55-year-old Giannis Skaftourou took advantage of the relaxation of the Easter holidays to kill him, in Dervenochoria.

Greek National Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos and chief of the Armed Forces, General Konstantinos Floros, on Easter Monday expressed their best wishes over the nameday of Saint George, patron saint of the Hellenic Army.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will travel to Scotland on Tuesday, following an invitation by Charles, prince of Wales, the premier's office said on Easter Monday.