⚡⚡ Russian Defense Ministry: On the night of 9 March, about 80 tonnes of ammonia were delivered by Ukrainian nationalists to the village of Zolochev northwest of Kharkov.

Residents said the nationalists taught them what to do in case of a chemical attack. This may indicate the preparation of a provocation using toxic substances to accuse Russia of allegedly using chemical weapons, the Russian Defence Ministry says.

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WATCH LIVE | White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki briefs media

White House says discussions underway on how to get jets to Ukraine in a way that is 'not escalatory'

The US will respond if Russia begins to confiscate the property of the departing companies, but this is not happening yet, Psaki says

White House says US has never opposed Poland giving planes to Ukraine

Sending planes to Ukraine from US base is not in the interests of Washington - Psaki

❗️🥃Brown-Forman, the maker of Jack Daniel's whiskey and Finlandia vodka, suspends business in Russia

🛩 Small plane crash on Colorado highway

Six passenger aircraft went down on a Colorado highway E-470 just south of Centennial Airport, the pilot and passenger survived the crash, fire officials said.

The aircraft, which was heading to the airport from Dodge City, Kansas, avoided hitting any cars on the roadway.

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🇵🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸 Actor Sean Penn, who met with Ukraine’s president Zelensky recently, is now demanding that Poland deliver Mig-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. According to Penn, "bureaucrats" are preventing Kiev from getting the jets

Poland does not want to send its jets directly to Ukraine and suggested a delivery plan through Ramstein air base in Germany, which the US says is "untenable."

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❗️🎥 WarnerMedia, which includes HBO and Warner Bros, suspends broadcasting, licensing, release of films and games in Russia, Variety reports

❗️🇺🇸 Washington is mulling sanctions on Russian uranium supplier Rosatom, but no decision has been made yet, a Bloomberg reporter tweeted Wednesday without citing any sources

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❗️🇺🇸🇺🇦 The Pentagon says it assesses a transfer of Polish Mig-29 aircraft to Ukraine as high risk, which could raise the possibility of dragging NATO into the Ukraine conflict

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby earlier expressed a similar view on the issue of the jets delivery

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McDonald's 🍟 & Starbucks🧋are closed for Russian citizens, but are still open in Guantanamo Bay (those double standards, huh)

The Guantanamo military base itself is not that different from an ordinary town, despite indefinite detention without trial and the reported torture of prisoners. It has its own shopping centers, cinemas, golf courses and churches and, of course, McDonald’s and Starbucks also operate there.

The base in Cuba became world famous after George W. Bush unleashed the "war on terror" in Iraq and Afghanistan. The prosecution of detainees there has been stalled for years amid disputes over the legal basis for such trials and reports of torture practiced there.

"Guantanamo Bay is like hell on Earth," said Somali Mohamed Saleban Bare, who spent 8 years in Guantanamo without being told what he was guilty of.

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❗️Sony has decided to suspend all software and hardware shipments to Russia, the PlayStation Store will be also unavailable for Russian users, media reported.

📝 White House reporters’ revolt after Psaki briefing ends early

The White House press briefing ended early after one final shouted question about whether the US intended to get oil from Venezuela.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on public TV a ‘vigorous reactivation’ of discussions with the country’s opposition, describing the meeting as “respectful, cordial, very diplomatic.” This came on the heels of the revelation that a high-level US delegation had flown to Caracas over the weekend.

The two countries have had no formal diplomatic relations since January 2019, when the US attempted to overthrow the government of President Nicolas Maduro. After the unsuccessful coup attempt, Washington slapped crushing sanctions on the Latin American nation, which boasts the world’s largest proven oil reserves.

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❗️Amazon halts shipments to Russia and Belarus

⚡️Japanese copier manufacturer Epson suspends cooperation with Russia and Belarus

❗️🔨Caterpillar, a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, is suspending operations in Russia

🇺🇸🇺🇦💻The US charged a Ukrainian national for multiple ransomware attacks including last year's hack of Kaseya, the Justice Department said in a press release.

"A man charged with conducting ransomware attacks against multiple victims, including the July 2021 attack against Kaseya, made his initial appearance and was arraigned today in the Northern District of Texas," the release said on Wednesday. "According to an August 2021 indictment, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, accessed the internal computer networks of several victim companies and deployed Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to encrypt the data on the computers of victim companies."

Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national, was taken into custody in Poland before being extradited to the US on March 3, the release added.

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🇺🇸😅 Lynn Ballard, a South Carolina councilman, was spotted wearing a t-shirt with the Confederate flag on it at a community event for Black and Hispanic kids (definitely not the best choice of outfit).

The man is now facing angry calls to resign, though he claims he had no idea what he was wearing at the time.

“I didn’t even know there was a damn Confederate flag on there,” Ballard told media. “The shirt says ‘Used but not used up’ and it shows a guy restoring an old motorcycle."

Well, maybe he just picked the first thing when he opened the closet...

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