❗️ Lithuania recalls country’s ambassador from Russia

⚡️ Latvia downgrades diplomatic relations with Russia

📍 Nick Griffin, a British politician who represented North West England as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014, has commented on the accusations against Russia in connection with the Ukrainian provocation in Bucha:

"The 'Bucha Massacre' story is the most blatant attempt so far by the Western intelligence services and their mass media collaborators to inflame public opinion against Russia.

The carelessness shown by the perpetrators shows the desperation of the Kiev regime for a propaganda narrative to add to the pressure for direct NATO involvement in the conflict. The readiness of the Western media and politicians to present such an obvious false-flag atrocity as 'evidence' of Russian brutality also tells us a great deal about the contempt in which the media and political elite hold ordinary people. They are clearly confident that the massive censorship of social media platforms and of pro-Russian voices means that their latest round of fakery will not be challenged.

This is a pattern with which we are becoming very familiar. From the Snake Island 'heroes' to the bombing of the hospital in Mariupol, the mainstream media have established a track record of uncritically regurgitating every wild claim put out by Kiev, then simply ignoring the facts when the truth finally comes out.

Most of those promoting these cynical propaganda lies seem to have a somewhat less extreme - though still very dangerous - fourfold objective:
1) To prod the Western public into accepting the rapidly growing pain created by the self-destructive sanctions regime;
2) To build support for pouring even more tax money into the gigantic arms shipments needed to prolong the war;
3) To frighten the Swedes and Finns into supporting their countries joining NATO and;
4) Regime change in Moscow".

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⚡️ Moscow vows response to Lithuania, Latvia's lowering diplomatic relations with Russia 'will not be long in coming'

❗️An abrupt rejection of gas from Russia would hurt the EU more than Moscow, the head of the German Finance Ministry says

❗️ Germany made proposals on sanctions against Russia, as EU plans to crack down, says German foreign minister

⚡️ Gazprom Germania GmbH temporarily placed under trusteeship of Federal Network Agency

🗣Biden says seeking war crimes trial for Putin, will impose more sanctions

"Well, the truth of the matter, you saw what happened in Bucha. [Putin] is a war criminal. But we have to gather the information. We have to continue to provide Ukraine with the weapons they need to continue to fight and we have to get all the details so we can have a war crimes trial," Biden told reporters.

❗️Biden says he doesn't agree with Ukrainian president who called Russian Op in Ukraine 'genocide'

⚡️ Germany FM reportedly declares 40 Russian diplomats personae non gratae

❗️ Russian Foreign Ministry vows to respond to Germany's decision to expel Russian diplomats

❗️Russia will debunk fake news disseminated over Russian special op in Ukraine

🗣 Moscow's second attempt to convene UN Security Council on Bucha failed - Lavrov

"Let me remind you that we demanded a meeting of the UN Security Council yesterday. Our British colleagues, who now chair the Security Council, refused to do this. Our attempt today was also unsuccessful," the minister said.

❌Teenagers' love for such lethal 'sports' as 'Subway surfing' is still a problem that needs to be tackled in the US.

Three years ago, in 2019, there was a dangerous spike in reports of people riding on top of, or outside, trains, although MTA staff suggested that the rise could be even bigger than official statistics claim.

Life in Kherson appears to be returning to normal, as shops and cafes open and public services resume work after the Russian troops took control over the city.

According to videos from the southern Ukrainian city, local markets have started trading again, and there is no shortage of essential products. Transport networks are being systematised. Furthermore, civilians have been seen lining up to receive humanitarian aid.

On 15 March, Russian troops took control of the city and the Kherson region as part of Moscow's military operation in Ukraine launched by the Kremlin on 24 February with a goal to demilitarise and de-Nazify the country.

❗️London supports Washington's call to suspend Russia's activities on the United Nations Human Rights Counci

❗️Canada to impose additional sanctions on entities in Russia, Belarus - says minister of foreign affairs

❗️France to expel a number of Russian diplomats, Russian FM says

Moscow will respond to France's decision to expel Russian diplomats - Foreign Ministry

❗️ Moscow on Riga, Vilnius lowering level of diplomatic relations: Response to follow

❗️ France will reportedly expel 30 Russian diplomats