The KGB of Belarus said that the Kiev embassy in Belarus is closely cooperating with the Lithuanian secret service, exchanging data with NATO countries' intelligence departments

❗ US sees no indications Russia brought in reinforcements to Ukraine - senior official

⚡ US not planning to close embassy in Moscow, Biden not planning to recall ambassador - Sullivan

🤨 CNN sources say the Pentagon has not seen "any indications that the Belarusians are preparing to move into Ukraine or that they have made any agreements to do that"

❗ Washington will not support Russia’s humanitarian resolution in the UN Security Council, says US envoy to the UN

⚡ BuzzFeed investors pressured CEO to shutter entire news operation, reports say

A 3.5-km column of cars near the temporary camp in Bezimennoe, where the refugees from Mariupol are getting medical and food supplies from Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR

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Russian MoD briefing:

▪️ Air defence systems shot down six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, including one Bayraktar TB2;

▪️ Units of the Russian Armed Forces have advanced another 4km in a day and approached the settlement of Novomikhailovka;

▪️ DPR forces have taken control of the village of Verkhnetoretskoye;

▪️ Air and sea-based high-precision long-range weapons have hit Ukrainian military facilities;

▪️ Large warehouses of Ukrainian troops in Lisichansk and Kramatorsk, a warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons in Druzhkovka, and ammunition warehouse in Nadezhdinka and Novoaleksandrivka have been destroyed;

▪️ Since the beginning of the special military operation, 236 unmanned aerial vehicles, 185 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1,547 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 154 multiple rocket launchers have been destroyed

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⚡ White House spokeswoman Psaki said she had tested positive for coronavirus and would not accompany Biden on a trip to Europe. Biden also took a test which was negative

Biden watched portions of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Jackson - White House

Biden was struck by how Supreme Court nominee Jackson rejected conspiracy theories - White House

❗ The White House says Biden intends to coordinate steps with allies to provide new military assistance to Ukraine during his visit to Europe

Biden won't seek EU's immediate withdrawal from Russian energy resources during visit to Brussels, says White House

⚡️ US National Security adviser says US will discuss potential use of nuclear weapons with allies and partners

The White House said that during his visit to Europe Joe Biden will bring Beijing's role in events in Ukraine up for discussion

The White House said that the US has not yet seen signs that China is providing "military assistance" to Russia, but Washington will “closely monitor” this

⛔️ California grocery workers vote on strike authorization

Thousands of southern and central California grocery workers on Monday started voting on whether to authorize their union to call a strike against several major supermarket chains.

About 47,000 workers at hundreds of Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions stores are eligible to vote this week. A potential strike would involve grocery clerks, meat cutters, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians represented by seven locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers.

The union said that during the final day of negotiations it had emphasized the essential role that grocery workers played during the coronavirus pandemic. A 2003-04 strike and lockout put nearly 70,000 Southern California grocery workers on picket lines for more than four months.

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⚖️ Ex-wife accuses top Missouri GOP Senate candidate of abuse

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, now a leading Republican candidate for the US Senate, was physically abusive and demonstrated “unstable and coercive behavior” that resulted in the court limiting his access to guns, according to the allegations of his ex-wife revealed in court records.

A sworn affidavit from Sheena Greitens filed on Monday is part of an ongoing child custody dispute against the GOP candidate in Missouri. A public affairs professor at the University of Texas, Greitens sought a divorce from her husband after the sex scandal which led to his resignation as governor in June 2018.

In the affidavit, Sheena Greitens noted that her ex-husband threatened to use his political connections and influence to destroy her reputation to win custody of their children.

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