NATO will discuss long-term military footprint on eastern flank during summit this week - White House's Sullivan

NATO ministers to discuss collective security assistance for Ukraine - White House National Security Adviser

Reducing European dependence on Russian gas has been subject of intense discussion - Sullivan

Sullivan says US will have more to say on Friday about European energy issues

US will look for ways to increase LNG supplies to Europe in coming weeks - Sullivan

⚡ Moscow: US diplomat handed note with list of diplomats being ousted from Russia in tit-for-tat move

💬 Reffering to "a careful review of available information from public and intelligence sources", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed that the US government assesses that "members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in its invasion of Ukraine".

⚡⚡ Russian mission in Vienna informs IAEA that 4 Rosatom employees are held hostage by Ukrainian side at Rovno Nuclear Power Plant

❗ Mariupol mayor reportedly leaves city

⚡⚡ Ex-US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has died

❗ Four health workers killed in Sumy as nationalists fire at ambulance from anti-tank grenade launcher, Russian MoD says

Latest Updates from Russia's Defence Ministry:

▪ Russia's MoD has announced that Kiev has yet again refused to coordinate the humanitarian corridors;

▪ In Chernigov, Sumy and Zaporozhye, nationalist battalions are looting houses;

▪ Russia's Defence Ministry says that 18,000 people have been evacuated from Ukraine and Donbass to Russia in one day, 3,700 of whom were children;

▪ Ukrainian radicals in Kharkov have gunned down residents who were looking for water and food;

▪ More than 6,800 foreigners remain hostages of the Ukrainian territorial defence;

▪ Kiev has unleashed terror against its citizens;

▪ Almost 8,500 more people were evacuated from Mariupol on Wednesday;

▪ Russia has evacuated 26 Vietnamese and Jordanians from Mariupol

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⚡️ Russian media watchdog restricts access to News.Google over fakes about Ukraine special op

⚖️ Judge confirmed as first Latina on California Supreme Court

A San Diego appeals court judge - the daughter of Mexican immigrants - was confirmed Tuesday as the first Latina to serve on the California Supreme Court. Justice Patricia Guerrero was approved by a 3-0 vote of the Commission on Judicial Appointments to fill the vacancy left by Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, who stepped down last year.

Guerrero, 50, grew up in the agricultural Imperial Valley of southern California and has worked as prosecutor, law firm partner, Superior Court judge, and is on the state’s 4th District Court of Appeal. She will be sworn in Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who nominated her.

California will now join Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, New York and Texas in having Latina justices on their high courts. Guerrero will receive an annual salary of $274,000.

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‼️ Dow plummets 400-plus points as oil pices surge amid cooncerns over inflation, supply shortages

⚡️ Renault decides to suspend all operations in Russia - Reports

🏛 California governor signs law to lower price for abortions

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Tuesday to make abortions cheaper for people on private insurance plans, the first of more than a dozen bills the state’s Democratic leaders plan to pass this year to prepare for a potential US Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade.

At least 26 Republican-controlled states are likely to either ban abortion outright or severely limit access, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization that covers abortion and the right of women to control their own bodies. Limiting or outright banning abortion procedures forces women to travel to other states to get medical attention, prompting Democratic-led states like California to propose and pass new laws in preparation.

In Missouri, Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make it illegal for residents in the state to get an abortion in another state.

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