Russian delegation: The main result of the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in Belarus today is that the parties heard each other

⚡️ FIFA, UEFA suspend Russian teams, clubs from participation in all competitions - joint statement

❗️ Defence Ministry: Russian Armed Forces hit 1,146 objects of Ukrainian military infrastructure since beginning of military operation

⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry: Germany's decision to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine calls on ghosts of not cold, but hot war

UEFA ended its sponsorship with Gazprom

Russian MoD releases a video of combat helicopters in operation in Ukraine

⚡️ Moldova will not support Western sanctions against Russia, foreign minister says

❗️ Biden сoncludes сall with US allies on Russia after over 1 hour

⚡️🇹🇷Turkey has informed all Black Sea and non-Black Sea states that it will not allow warships to pass through the straits (Bosphorus& Dardanelles), in accordance with the Montreux Convention

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇸 Washington has designated 12 people from the Russian Mission as persona non grata, demanding they leave by March 7, Russia's envoy to the UN Vasily Nebenzia said, adding that it is yet another demonstration of gross disrespect by the US of its obligations.

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❗️🇺🇸 Joe Biden says Americans should not be worried about a nuclear war

"No," Biden said when asked if Americans should be worried about a nuclear war.

🪴 Virginians will have to wait for legal marijuana sales as GOP kills massive bill

A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee on Monday killed efforts to accelerate recreational marijuana sales in the state, leaving its budding cannabis industry in limbo for at least another year.

The GOP-controlled House panel voted along party lines to float a nearly 200-page bill until next year’s legislative session. The bill had become this year’s vehicle for nearly all marijuana-related measures, outlining everything from enforcement and regulation to tax revenue and reinvestment.

One of the biggest provisions would have allowed the commonwealth’s four preexisting medicinal dispensaries and some large industrial hemp processors to begin selling recreational marijuana Sept. 15.

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❗️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Washington expects new security aid to arrive in Ukraine in the next couple of days, the White House said

"We expect equipment to start arriving within the next couple of days from this [$350 million] package," Psaki said during a press briefing.

❗️❗️❗️Access to Instagram accounts of Sputnik has been restricted around Europe

🎆 New Orleans again embraces Mardi Gras — with restrictions

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) cited dangerously high covid rates in her decision last February to call off parades and limit public gatherings — a precaution to avoid repeating the dismal outcome of Mardi Gras 2020.

In its wake, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and French Quarter Festival, two other blockbuster events on the annual calendar, were scratched. Both are set to return this year.

New Orleans remains the strictest city in the South for coronavirus mandates, with either proof of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test required to enter bars, restaurants and indoor event spaces. Indoor masking is still a requirement, too. A spokeswoman for the mayor said the city will reevaluate its policies after Mardi Gras concludes.

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⚡️♾ Meta (formerly known as Facebook) "will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time," the company’s Vice President of Global Affairs and Communications Nick Clegg says.

❗️❗️❗️Access to Sputnik's Facebook page has also been restricted across Europe

Odysee, a video-sharing platform and YouTube alternative, says it is NOT going to join the Western restrictions targeting Russian media.

🇷🇺🇨🇦 Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov tells Sputnik that media reports of alleged preparations of the Russian diplomatic mission to withdraw all of its personnel from the country are false

This comes after Muhammad Lila, a correspondent who had worked for CBC and CNN, said on Twitter on Monday that Russia was making preparations to withdraw all of its diplomats from Canada.

🚨 A 4-year-old boy fatally shot himself in a car outside a Georgia grocery store while his mother was shopping inside, cops and heartbroken kin said Monday.

Little Miyell Hernandez got hold of a gun left in his mom’s car and “accidentally shot himself” about 5 p.m. on Sunday outside a Publix in DeKalb County, police said in a statement. A 13-year-old relative and an infant were with Miyell in the vehicle at the time, authorities said.

The mortally wounded child was rushed to a hospital, but later died from his wounds.

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