⚡️ Kremlin: Putin tells Macron of NATO effort to push Kiev into military solution in Donbass

❗️ Pentagon claims the US gave Russia "several serious proposals" on security, but "heard nothing back on them"

🎥: Evacuees board a train in Lugansk

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❗️DPR's forces return fire at Kiev forces' positions

The DPR said that since this morning, Kiev forces have opened fire on its territory 37 times, with more than 500 shells, mines, and grenades used. The DPR has been forced to return fire from non-prohibited weapons

The evacuation is underway, while the siren is being tested by the authorities

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Blinken explained in an interview with CNN why the US does not want to unveil the sanctions against Russia ahead of time:

"The purpose of the sanctions in the first instance is to try to deter Russia from going to war. As soon as you trigger them, that deterrent is gone and until the last minute, as long as we can try to bring a deterrent effect to this, we're going to try to do that."

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❗️ Macron will speak with Scholz and Biden in the next few hours - AFP

❗️Blinken says the US is not considering for Ukraine to give part of territory to avoid war

⚡️ Donald Trump's Truth Social app will begin to roll out this week on Apple app store - TMTG CEO Devin Nunes

⚡️Stoltenberg says NATO supports any diplomatic initiative for Ukraine, the main goal is to prevent war

⚡️⚡️ Russian envoy to US: Moscow doesn't plan to invade Ukraine

The ambassador insisted that Russia regards Donbass as part of Ukraine and has no intention to seize a foreign country's territory

❗️LPR: Situation extremely tense, Kiev preparing offensive along entire contact line territory

😐Justin Bieber tests positive for COVID-19 and postpones Las Vegas concert

⚡️ Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said it is inappropriate to talk about a potential Russian attack in the coming days

Two civilians have been killed and five residential buildings destroyed in artillery shelling by Ukrainian forces on the settlement of Pionerskoye as Kiev reportedly intensifies its attack on the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic.

Meanwhile, thousands of people are being forced to leave theirs homes as the evacuation of civilians continues.

⚡️ American soldiers in Poland have started exercises near the Ukrainian border, according to the Polish Ministry of Defence

❗️ Artillery shells heard in central Donetsk, Sputnik correspondent reports

🏠 Rents reach ‘insane’ levels across US with no end in sight

The landlord at Krystal Guerra's apartment in Miami raised the rent from $1,550 to $1,950, an increase of 26%. Rents have exploded across the country, causing those that have savings to dig deep into their nest egg, downsize to smaller units or fall behind on payments and risk eviction, now that a federal moratorium has ended.

Other cities across Florida — Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville — as well as the Sun Belt destinations of San Diego, Las Vegas, Austin, and Memphis have seen spikes of more than 25% during that time period.

In the 50 largest US metro areas, median rent prices have risen an astounding 19.3% from December 2020 to December 2021. Rising rents are a key driver of the high inflation that has become one of the nation’s top economic problems. Nationally, economists expect rents to continue to rise this year, but at a slower pace, thanks to increased construction.

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