🚕 Lyft follows Uber in adding temporary fuel surcharge

Lyft will soon add what they describe as a “temporary” fuel surcharge to rides. The company asserted that they will give the extra fee to drivers to offset the cost of gas. "We’ve been closely monitoring rising gas prices and their impact on our driver community," says Lyft senior communications manager CJ Macklin.

The addition of a surcharge follows a similar move by Uber. Starting Wednesday, customers who take an Uber ride will pay a fuel surcharge of between 45 and 55 cents. Uber says it will reevaluate the fee after 60 days and promises, as with Lyft, that all of the surcharge fees will go to drivers and couriers.

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‼️Japan Imposes Personal Sanctions Against 17 Russian Citizens - Foreign Ministry

🏛 Capitol set to reopen to public after 2 years of COVID restrictions

The US Capitol building will reopen to the public this month, after more than two years of COVID-19 restrictions, if a pending plan is adopted in response to bipartisan pressure. The first phase of reopening will start March 28, with congressional offices allowed to give 15-person tours of the Capitol and four tours per hour for school groups of up to 50, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The US Capitol Police department must still approve the reopening plan. Congress swiftly approved a $2.1 billion package to boost security after last year’s Capitol riot, but Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger in January said that “we’ve got a ways to go before we can reopen the campus.”

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‼️Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he had a call with Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly and agreed to further tighten sanctions against Russia.

"Call with my Canadian counterpart @melaniejoly... We agreed that sanctions pressure on Russia will further increase. Canada supports Ukraine on all fronts," Kuleba wrote on Twitter.

🚚 Convoy of vehicles sought to enter Washington DC but police blocked access to most demonstrators

A convoy of vehicles, including some trucks, attempted to bring a weeks-long, cross-country protest against previously-ended COVID-19 mandates into Washington, DC, on Monday, but police blocked numerous bridges, highway exits and city streets, preventing many of the vehicles from entering the heart of the nation's capital.

It was the first time that protesters sought to enter the city since the group of drivers arrived in the area earlier this month. The procession started out in California in February.

Officials on Monday warned of traffic delays on three major interstates in the capital region due to closures. Leaders of the so-called convoy, inspired by demonstrations last month that paralyzed Canada's capital city of Ottawa, are calling for an end to all pandemic-related restrictions, most of which have already been lifted.

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⚡️ LPR Representative says Ukrainian forces shelled Republic 11 times

⚡️ Chinese Embassy in London says U.S. claim that Russia asked Beijing for military help in Ukraine is 'malicious disinformation'

⚡️ Сhina says on Ukraine: the top priority now is to ease the situation instead of adding fuel to the fire

⚡️ Сhina has been playing a constructive role in promoting peace talks for Ukraine, Chinese Embassy in London says

⚡️ Three сivilians injured due to shelling by Ukrainian forces, DPR says

⚡️ South Korea to provide Ukraine with military materiel except for weapons, Defence Ministry says

⚡️ Russia's Roscosmos working out new ways of operation at International Space Station

⚡️ Biolabs in Ukraine pose threat to all Europe, not just Russia, Diplomat warns

⚡️ French government spokesperson says we're siding with Ukrainians but we don't want to be in conflict with Russia

The Russian Defense Ministry published a video of the Russian army helicopter attack on Ukrainian military equipment and personnel

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⚡️ Russian armed forces have taken full control of the entire territory of the Kherson region, Russian Ministry of Defense says

⚡️ Gas pipeline damaged in DPR settlement as result of Ukrainian shelling, Donetsk says

⚡️ All Ukrainian military involved in Donetsk shelling with Tochka-U identified, DPR Head says

⚡️ Heavy fighting ongoing, problem with evacuation of people remains: Spokesman of People's Militia on situation in Mariupol

⚡️ Ukrzaliznytsia begins nationalization of 3,000 Russian railcars in Ukraine, reports say

Residents of Donetsk carry flowers to the site of a Ukrainian missile attack in the city center. The memory of the dead was honored by the head of the DPR

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❗️ The EU Commission unveils the fourth batch of Russia sanctions:

▪️ New EU sanctions include a ban on any transactions with certain Russian state-owned enterprises;

▪️ The EU will bar European rating agencies from assigning ratings to Russia and Russian companies;

▪️ The EU will add more people from Russia to the sanctions list for "disinformation";

▪️ The EU will impose a ban on the import of certain steel products; this could lead to a loss of 3.3 billion euros in export revenues for Russia;

▪️ The EU will also impose certain restrictions on new investment in the Russian energy sector, and a ban on luxury goods supplies to Russia will affect expensive cars and jewelry

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