The US: open to diplomacy and does not want war with Russia

Also the US:

🇺🇸 orders infantry battalion task force of some 800 troops to head to the Baltic states from Italy

🇺🇸orders 20 H-64 helicopters to move from Germany to the Baltic States

🇺🇸orders 12 AH-64 helicopters to move from Greece to Poland

🇺🇸orders moving up to 8 F-35 jets to ‘several operating locations along NATO’s Eastern Flank’ from Germany

(Reportedly)

⚡ Zelensky: No need for total military mobilization in Ukraine.

❗ Dow plummets nearly 500 points after US announces 'first tranche' of sanctions against Russia

Senior US administration official says they want to reduce European ‘addiction’ to Russian gas

C'mon guys, stop getting cold ❄️

Here are some other things that were said:

☃️US working on a plan to ensure stable oil supplies

☃️None of the measures designed to disrupt the flow of energy to global markets

☃️Energy price rise is not due to Nord Stream 2 being halted

💰Current sanctions do not address the secondary market of Russian debt

💰No Russian financial banks are safe (Sberbank and VTB to face US sanctions if Russian ‘invasion’ proceeds)

💰Swift financial sanctions are not off the table

⚡ Blinken to make announcement Tuesday about meeting with Lavrov - Senior US Official

❗️🐻 Giant bear, known as ‘Hank the Tank’ and notorious for burglarizing about 40 houses in South Lake Tahoe, California, has hit another home over the weekend, the local police department said on Facebook.

The 500-pound bear carried out his most recent break-in by squeezing into the small window on the photo.

Photos from the South Lake Tahoe Police Department’s Facebook.

⚡️⚡️Blinken says it does not make sense any more to hold a meeting with Lavrov, scheduled for Thursday.

❗️ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain

⚡️🇺🇸🇷🇺 White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki ruled out any upcoming summit between Biden and Putin. "At this point, that is certainly not in the plans," Psaki said.

⚡ Canada deploying additional 460 troops to eastern Europe amid Ukraine tensions - Trudeau

So is the biggest threat facing the US to be Russia, climate change, student loans, the avocado shortage crisis or Donald Trump?

Asking for a friend

⚡ US Sanctions will not affect VEB's commitment to its mission - State Corporation.

🚁 Two Black Hawk Choppers Crash During Utah National Guard Winter Survivability Training Exercise

The Utah National Guard confirmed in a Tuesday morning tweet that two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were involved in a "winter survivability and mobility training" accident at around 9:30 a.m., local time. The incident is said to have occurred near Utah's Mineral Basin ski area.

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❗️The Russian Ambassador in Ottawa, Oleg Stepanov, told Sputnik that his meeting with Canada's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Morgan was a "political demarche."

Earlier on Tuesday, Stepanov was invited to Global Affairs Canada for a meeting with Morgan following Moscow’s decision to recognise the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

Stepanov went on to say that he stated Russia’s position and its perception of the situation. Russia’s decision came after the situation on the line of contact between Ukraine and the breakaway republics significantly worsened.

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⚡ Japan imposes visa sanctions against Donetsk, Lugansk officials - Prime Minister

🐝 Beekeepers using tracking devices to protect valuable hives

Beekeepers in the United States truck billions of honeybees to California, renting them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate the state’s most profitable crop.

But as almond trees start to bloom, blanketing entire valleys in white and pink flowers, so begin the beehive thefts that have become so prevalent that beekeepers are now turning to GPS tracking devices, surveillance cameras and other anti-theft technology.

In the past few weeks, 1,036 beehives worth hundreds of thousands of dollars were reported stolen from orchards statewide. The largest heist involved 384 beehives that were taken from a field in Mendocino County.

The state government is funding $15 million toward the effort, calling it an investment in “climate smart agriculture.”

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