❗Japan, Switzerland reportedly agree to pursue harsh sanctions against Russia

💬Russia's ambassador in Washington, Anatoly Antonov, has accused the US of stealing Russian money in a response to the freezing of the Central Bank of Russia's assets in the West:
"You steal our money. We decided to keep our money, our savings [in US and European banks]. How is it possible to trust you?" he said in an interview.

🗞The New York Times: Ukraine troops hit village with cluster munitions to push back Russian forces

⚡Ukrainian military will be trained handling with US-made howitzers, training for "other types" of weapons is also planned - Pentagon spokesman

❗US Treasury Secretary Yellen reportedly intends to boycott a number of G20 meetings if Russia participates

The Bunny saved Biden from having to answer questions about Pakistan and Afghanistan. Happy Easter! 🐰

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⚡️Russian strike wipes out logistics base near Lvov containing large amounts of Western arms: MoD

The Russian Defence Ministry briefing on the military operation in Ukraine:

▪A logistics centre with shipments of foreign weapons that had been delivered to Ukraine by the US and its European allies has been destroyed near Lvov with high-precision air-based missiles;

▪A large ammunition depot in Kiev Region has been destroyed;

▪The Russian Aerospace Forces has hit 84 Ukrainian military assets;

▪16 military assets of Ukraine were hit by high-precision air-based missiles;

▪Russia's missile troops and artillery have hit 331 military assets (9 command posts, 1 missile and artillery weapons depot, as well as 315 areas where enemy troops were concentrated);

▪Up to 120 nationalists and 9 units of military equipment were eliminated near the Novotoshkovskaya settlment as a result of the strike

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🎥British mercenary Shaun Pinner, who surrendered to Russian forces, asks Boris Johnson to have Ukrainian politician Medvedchuk exchanged for him

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In San Francisco, an eyewitness filmed a burglar unhurriedly stacking batteries while employees, adhering to a "no chase policy", stood calmly a few paces away from him.

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🇸🇾Syria sent an official letter to the UN leadership with information about the war crimes of the US-led coalition in Raqqa in 2017:

“The American military operation carried out by illegal international coalition forces in Raqqa between June and October 2017 resulted in the near-total destruction of the city and the murder of thousands of its civilians.”

❗Treasury: US plans to take apart Russia’s ‘war machine,’ disrupt supply chain

🇺🇸Elizabeth Warren to Democrats: Do something to avoid ‘disaster’ in midterms

Cristiano Ronaldo has announced that his newborn son has died.

The Portuguese footballer and his partner Georgina Rodríguez announced last October that they were expecting twins. The girl survived the birth.

❗The US Deputy Treasury Secretary believes that the dominance of the dollar in the global economy is still not in danger.

The official also believes that anti-Russian sanctions will not force certain countries to turn away from the US currency, because attempts to move away from the US economy "have not yet succeeded".

😷😷A federal judge overturned the U.S. government mask mandate on airplanes, trains, and other public transportation, dealing a setback to the Biden administration as fights continue nationwide over policies tied to the Covid-19 pandemic.

U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the CDC had failed to effectively explain its reasons for the mandate and did not allow public comment in violation of federal procedures for issuing new rules. Mizelle was appointed by former President Donald Trump in 2020.

The Health Freedom Defense Fund, a group that opposes public health mandates, and two individuals who argued that wearing masks while flying exacerbated their anxiety and panic attacks first filed the lawsuit against the Biden administration in July 2021.

The U.S. reported a seven-day average of nearly 35,000 new infections as of Friday, a 36% increase over the past two weeks, according to data from the CDC.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇺🇦There are no plans for Biden to visit Ukraine, the White House said Monday

❗️Biden still has no intention to send troops to Ukraine, Psaki says

😲💸President Biden and his accountant are facing new IRS whistleblower complaints alleging that Biden owes at least $127,000 in back taxes. The IRS provides whistleblowers rewards of between 15% and 30% of what it recovers.

Biden and his wife, Jill, avoided paying Medicare taxes on book income and speaking fees in 2017 and 2018 by routing $13.3 million through “S corporations” and counting a small amount as eligible for the federal health care tax.

The controversy revolves around what legally counts as “cheap compensation,” a time period that determines the share of S company revenue topic to the Medicare tax. Critics argue that Biden’s personal labor was accountable for virtually all of his talking charges and e-book income. Subsequently, a really large share of the S company income ought to face the Medicare tax.

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🎥🇷🇺🇺🇦 Commander of Ukraine’s 501st Battalion says he “doesn’t regret“ surrendering in Mariupol

“The local population was negatively disposed towards the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” he said in an interview that aired on Russia's Rossiya 1 TV channel