MORE | Japanese PM Kishida praises Gorbachev's contribution to a world without nuclear weapons

🗣 "I would like to express my condolences over the death of former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev was the leader of the Soviet Union, he played an important role in restoring the situation with the division of Europe and the confrontation between West and East after World War II. For the first time, he reached an agreement with the United States on nuclear arms reduction; he is the man who brought about the end of the cold war," Kishida says

⚡️ Gas supply via the Nord Stream has been stopped, scheduled work on the gas pumping unit begins today, Gazprom says

🗣 President Biden has addressed Wilkes University in Pennsylvania, as part of a drive to tackle crime, by delivering a speech ennoscriptd 'Safer America Plan', in which he has said: "More children die from guns than active duty police and active duty military personnel combined"

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⚡️ Gas prices in Europe have exceeded $2,900, growing by 5%, after the Nord Stream shutdown

Google Play has not approved Trump's Truth Social network yet because of insufficient content moderation. The social network appeared in the Apple app store on 21 February, but Google considered that the social network does not adequately censor "hate speech".

🗣 The parent company of Truth Social Trump Media & Technology Group, responded to this move in their press release by claiming that they “continuously worked in good faith with Google to ensure that the Truth Social Android App complies with Google’s policies without compromising their promise to be a haven for free speech”

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⚡️ Moscow expects IAEA mission to Zaporozhye NPP to help stop Kiev in effort to provoke catastrophe and stop nuclear blackmail, Foreign Ministry says

📹 Russia's MoD has released footage of Su-25 attack aircrafts carrying out missile air strikes on Ukrainian fortified positions, equipment and weapons

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⚡️ Sputnik Correspondent: Russian military shot down Ukrainian drone near Zaporozhye NPP

⚡️ Moscow considers passage of US Navy ships through Taiwan strait to be new provocation aimed at containing Beijing, destabilizing region

⚡️ Putin says Gorbachev was a politician who had huge impact on world history

⚡️ Kremlin says European sanctions led to suspension of Nord Stream

⚡️ Eurozone inflation hits 9.1%, new record: Eurostat

🇦🇫The Taliban* have held a parade at the Bagram Airbase – the former US main air base in Afghanistan – to commemorate the first anniversary of the withdrawal of American troops from the country.

*under UN sanctions for terrorist activities

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