U.S. National Security Council's strategic communications coordinator: "We haven't seen any indication that Egypt is providing lethal weapons and capabilities to Russia" Washington Post revealed that one of the leaked secret US documents stated that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered the production of 40,000 missiles to be secretly shipped to Russia.

In turn, the Russian presidency said – in a statement – that the reports of the US media that talked about Egypt's planning to supply Russia with thousands of missiles, is a new lie that is unfounded.