Abbas due in Moscow, Russian media reports

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to travel to Moscow, Russian news media reported late Monday.

"We are awaiting an official statement from the Kremlin, from the Russian side, about when the visit will take place," Russian media reported, citing Palestine’s ambassador to Russia, Abdel Hafiz Nofal as saying.

"An agreement has been reached that Mr. Abbas will come here to Moscow.”

So far, Russia has taken a neutral stance to the fighting, and has accused the US of ignoring the Palestinians’ demand for an independent state.

Separately, Chechen warlord and close Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov threw his support behind Palestine.

"We support Palestine," he said in a Telegram post. "And we are against this war, which, unlike other conflicts, can develop into something more.”

He offered to send Chechen peacekeeping forces to the region to “restore order and counter any troublemakers."