❕🇷🇺 Biden said his administration is ready to discuss a new arms control treaty with Russia that will replace the New START, which expires in 2026

❗Russian MoD briefing:

▪️Russian forces performed a high-precision strike on Kharkov, destroying two HIMARS rocket systems and eliminating 53 Ukrainian neo-Nazis as well as foreign mercenaries;

▪️Russian Air Forces performed a high-precision air strike on the point of temporary deployment of the Ukrainian 92nd mechanized brigade in the Kharkov region, as a result up to 200 Ukrainian neo-Nazis were eliminated and seven armored vehicles were destroyed;

▪️Russian forces destroyed two Ukrainian ammunition depots on the territory of the DPR, as well as a fuel and lubricants center in the Dnepropetrovsk area;

▪️Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian artillery battery in the DPR. Russian forces in the DPR suppressed eight Ukrainian Grad platoons and six artillery and mortar platoons;

▪️A US-made Harpoon rocket launcher was destroyed by the Russian forces in the Odessa region;

▪️Russian anti-aircraft weaponry destroyed 10 Ukrainian UAVs during the day

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💬Washington is to blame for Kosovo crisis, Russian parliamentary speaker says

📹Footage of a strike on the Ukrainian Energy Machines plant in Kharkov; two HIMARS rocket launchers, and 53 Ukrainian neo-Nazis and foreign mercenaries were eliminated, according to the Russian MoD

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❗US carrier strike group led by USS Ronald Reagan heading in direction of Taiwan, analytic center suggests

🇺🇸📊Every fifth American considers it acceptable to “threaten or harass public health officials” over pandemic-related business closures as of last summer, a survey conducted by Johns Hopkins University claims.

📈The Johns Hopkins survey examined the percentage of adults who believe that threatening public health officials was justified rose from 15% to 21% from November 2020 to the summer of 2021, showing that antagonism extended beyond “those doubting science” (as it was mentioned in the Johns Hopkins research) and people hurting from the effects of COVID-19, to higher earners, political independents and those with more education.

Respondents earning $35,000 - $74,999 and higher, respondents who were male, respondents who identified as Hispanic and respondents who were Republicans were likely to be among the group of antagonists.

The research results’ claim that “ensuring the safety and sustainability of the public health workforce will necessitate finding new and tailored strategies to build trust with these groups”

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💬"Stable US-China relations for regional peace and security": Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong stressed the importance of a stable US-China relationship for peace in the Asia-Pacific region during a meeting with Nancy Pelosi

Sputnik footage shows columns of vehicles still at Jarinje, waiting for the opening of the administrative crossing points

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🇪🇸Kosovo's declaration of independence violated international law, Spanish PM Sanchez says

💬NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) makes a statement on the Serbia-Kosovo conflict

😱A member of Germany's Alliance 90/The Greens suggested sorting garbage to produce gas from biological waste: "Natural gas could be produced from a banana peel: then we need less of Putin's gas," Andre Baumann told dpa agency.

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😨Not daddy's favorite: Elon Musk’s dad says he’s not proud of Tesla’s founder and favors his youngest brother

In an interview with an Australian radio station, Elon’s Musk dad Errol Musk, 76, downplayed Elon’s success and took a swipe at his physical appearance, suggesting the 50-year-old take diet pills after seeing his shirtless photos on a boat in Greece.

💬“Your offspring is a genius. He’s worth so much money and has created so many things, you can’t take that away from him. Are you proud?” the interviewer asked Eron.

“No. You know, we are a family that have been doing a lot of things for a long time, it’s not as if we suddenly started doing something,” Errol replied, adding that his youngest son, Kimbal Musk, 49, was his “pride and joy.”

🥴After that, Errol Musk left a comment on Elon’s physical appearance on recent photos from Greece: “Elon is very strongly built but he’s been eating badly,” his dad said, adding that he has promoted to Elon the purported weight loss properties of a supplement called garcinia cambogia

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❗️"We shouldn’t be intimidated by China’s rhetoric": John Kirby comments on Pelosi's potential Taiwan visit.

The White House national security spokesman claimed that there's no reason for harsh criticism, as it is not "uncommon" for US congressional leaders to travel to Taiwan.

"It is very much in keeping with our policy and consistent with our support to Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act,” he told CNN.

Referring to Beijing's warning that Pelosi's trip would have a “severe negative impact” on China-US relations, he said, "We shouldn’t be intimidated by that rhetoric or those potential actions."