The Russia-Ukraine conflict continued to headline the talk shows last night. Egyptian Ambassador to Kyiv Ayman Gamal spoke on a call with Al Hekaya’s Amr Adib (watch, runtime: 13:32) to discuss the situation for Egyptians stuck in the war-torn country. Eastern Ukraine — where the largest number of Egyptian students reside — is particularly dangerous, he said, adding, “We’ve asked them to stay home or seek refuge in shelters.”

In a video call with Amr Adib, Russian Ambassador to Egypt Georgy Borisenko said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “crossed all red lines” when the president allegedly made statements to the effect that Ukraine wants to own nuclear weapons, which would directly threaten Russia’s national security (watch, runtime: 1:33).

FACT CHECK- Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in return for Western security pledges in the mid-1990s after the Soviet Union fell — and has made no suggestion that it wants to rebuild a stockpile. The Ukrainian president has called on Western nations to hold up their end of the post-Soviet pact by protecting his country. The New York Times calls claims that Ukraine wants to regain nuclear arms a “conspiracy theory” propagated by Putin.

There are enough nukes in circulation to “destroy the entire world,” said the former head of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority Ali Islam in a phone-in with Kelma Akheera’s Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 6:57), during which he outlined the dangers of resorting to nuclear weapons.

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s review of the status of our strategic commodity reserves got shout outs from Masaa DMC (watch, runtime 00:44) and Kelma Akheera (watch, runtime: 1:37). More on that story in this morning’s Commodities section, above.

The Egyptian citizen who was injured in the ongoing Ukraine clashes also got significant coverage. Mohamed Zayed was injured during an airstrike in Kharkiv, but is currently in stable condition in a hospital after undergoing surgery, according to reports from Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 1:10), Al Hekaya (watch, runtime: 5:34), and Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 23:52).