⚡⚡Putin reminded Guterres about Kosovo and about the decision of the International Court of Justice that territories are not required to apply to the central authorities for permission when declaring sovereignty: "This was said about Kosovo, and this is the decision of the International Court of Justice. And this decision was supported by everyone", the Russian president noted.

According to him, the DPR and LPR have the same right to declare sovereignty without appealing to the central authorities: "the precedent has already been created".

❗The United Nations wants to see de-escalation both in military actions and rhetoric, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN chief said:

"We want to see de-escalation. We want to see a military de-escalation, but we also want to see a de-escalation in rhetoric. We want to make sure that no actions are taken that raise tensions in the already tense atmosphere".

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The Joint Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response on provocations by neo-Nazis:

▪In the nursing home in Liman, DPR, Ukrainian neo-Nazis have set up a stronghold with heavy weapons. The staff and the elderly are being held as human shields;

▪In Nikolaev, near the Nikolaev Aircraft Repair Plant, neo-Nazis have deployed radio-controlled explosive devices that they plan to detonate in a mass gathering of people and to blackmail the Russian military

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Putin told Guterres that Russia has the right to provide assistance to the DPR and LPR in accordance with UN documents

Trudeau, Moldova’s Sandu discuss Transnistria blasts, Ukraine refugees

❗"The UN Secretariat is not the power to do investigations of that kind," Guterres said at a joint press-conference after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in response to a question on whether the UN is planning to launch a probe into Russian and Ukrainian accusations of war crimes.

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❗Vladimir Putin "in principle" agreed to UN and International Committee for the Red Cross involvement in the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal compound in Mariupol during a meeting with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

❗️The State Dept confirms the deputy chief of Ukraine mission and other members of the embassy team have returned to Lvov

⚡️🇺🇸Washington says there is a possibility the US may not return to the JCPOA, adding that there are complex questions, some of which remain unresolved

😶➡️The manager of Johnny Depp's private island in the Bahamas testified that the actor passed out in the sand during a 2013 incident revealed Tuesday.

Tara Roberts, who said she gets paid $10,000 a month to manage Depp’s sprawling property, was interrogated about the awkward 2013 incident during cross-examination.

“Do you recall Mr. Depp passing out in the sand face first?” Heard’s lawyer Elaine Bredehoft asked. “I recall he was passed out on the beach,” Roberts conceded on the stand.

Depp’s Bahamas house manager also gave the jury more details about the luxury island getaway, which has the main house, a two-bedroom yurt, a beach house, and a “roundhouse” outfitted with a bedroom. It was also the site of the doomed couple’s wedding ceremony in 2015.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱US President Joe Biden spoke by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday and accepted an invitation to visit Israel, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said on Tuesday

🤑🤑According to trading data, the price of Bitcoin increased by more than 5% on Tuesday, reaching $40,500. Data from Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume, showed that Bitcoin grew in price by 5.18% in a day, reaching $40,511 as of 09:36 GMT.

According to the CoinMarketCap portal, which calculates the average price for more than 20 exchanges, Bitcoin rose by 5.25% up to $40,516 in a day.

Bitcoin is growing in price after three weeks of a continuous fall when its value fell by 13%.

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❗️The Pentagon chief claims the conflict in Ukraine is 'not a proxy war'

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during an interview with Fox News also said that he does not believe the conflict in Ukraine will end in nuclear war, citing the efforts of countries in the region to stave off such a scenario

A bill supporting the use of ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, and other “alternative” COVID-19 treatment drugs was introduced at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.

Introduced by Rep. Kris Jordan (R-Ostrander), House Bill 631 protects and encourages the use of ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, and other drugs not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat COVID-19 patients, according to the bill’s text.

Dr. Iahn Gonsenhauser, the chief quality, and patient safety officer at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center, said the bill’s promotion of unauthorized drugs “absolutely” poses a threat to the health of Ohioans.

As some state lawmakers resisted the deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine, citing unclear effects – despite widespread authorization from health agencies – Gonsenhauser said the supporters of HB 631 are hypocritical for backing a bill steeped in fruitless claims.

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😂Please, come back!

White House press secretary Jen Psaki left just as a reporter asked her about surging gas prices in the US.

The reporter: “Americans continue to suffer from high gas prices, especially low-income Americans...Jen? Oh."

🇮🇹Italians scream “Nazis!” to Ukrainian refugees marching with Azov emblems during Liberation Day parade in Milan

❌ 💥 A medical helicopter pilot and flight instructor were killed in a crash Tuesday in western New York during an annual Bell Helicopter factory training, according to state police.

The Mercy Flight helicopter went down at around 1 p.m. near the Genesee County town of Elba, which is about halfway between Buffalo and Rochester, said Maj. Eugene Staniszewski at a news conference.

Buffalo-based Mercy Flight identified the pilot as James Sauer, a retired New York state police pilot. The identity of the flight instructor, who worked for the helicopter manufacturer, was not released. The company Mercy Flight said the cause of the accident had not been determined.

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🙈🥚A convoy of trucks that had gathered outside a California lawmaker’s house over the weekend to protest against the support of an abortion rights bill was forced to leave the area after crossing paths with a group of young people armed with eggs.

Video shows people pelting the trucks and shouting, ‘’Get out of our town.” Many youths celebrated after emptying several cartons and launching a barrage of eggs.

‘’That’s what I’m talking about!" One of the egg-throwers is heard yelling in the video.

Inspired by Canadian truckers who shut down roads to protest vaccine mandates, the people's convoy arrived in the Bay Area last week after weeks of demonstrations in Washington, DC.

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