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Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to put Russia's deterrence forces, which include nuclear weapons, on high alert is part of a larger pattern of unwarranted escalation and "fabricated threats," according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. "This is really a pattern that we've seen from President Putin throughout this conflict, which is fabricating threats that don't exist in order to justify further aggression — and the international community and the American people should look at it through that prism," Psaki said on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos. Furthermore, a senior administration official remarked on Sunday that Putin's decision was "yet another escalatory and utterly unneeded step," according to the official. "Putin has fabricated threats at every stage of this conflict to justify more aggressive actions — he was never threatened by Ukraine or NATO, which is a defensive alliance t

According to Ukrainian officials, the world's largest airplane, the Antonov AN-225, was destroyed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, causing fear and regret in the aviation industry, where it enjoys nearly cult status. The massive airplane, known in Ukrainian as "Mriya," or "dream," was parked at an airfield near Kyiv when it was assaulted by "Russian occupants," according to Ukrainian police, who added that the jet would be rebuilt. "Our 'Mriya' may have been destroyed by Russia. They will, however, never be able to derail our vision of a robust, free, and democratic European state. We're going to win!" Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's foreign minister, posted on Twitter. There has been no independent confirmation that the plane was shot down. The Antonov Company claimed in a tweet that it couldn't confirm the plane's "technical condition" until it was evaluated by experts. Ukroboronprom, the Ukrainian state m

In the coming days, New York City, the first U.S. city to require immunizations indoors, will lift its requirement for indoor businesses, restaurants, and activities. Mayor Eric Adams declared on Sunday that his government would stop requiring vaccinations on March 7 if Covid-19 case counts continue to decline. In recent weeks, leaders in places such as Seattle and Boston have made similar judgments. If no unexpected spikes occur, the indoor mask restriction will be lifted in public schools on the same day, according to Adams. He mentioned that following the midwinter break, more than a million kids will return to public schools on Monday. A week of mixing on campuses with no "unexpected surges" in case numbers would signal the end of the campaign.

In the classroom, secondary school students will no longer be forced to wear face coverings, but they will be necessary in the halls. The legal need that large events utilize the vaccine passport scheme is likewise being phased out. On March 21, all remaining legal coronavirus limitations in Scotland, including the wearing of face masks, will be lifted. On March 21, all remaining legal coronavirus limitations in Scotland, including the wearing of face masks, will be lifted. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, has stated that the country will move away from legal limitations and instead depend on immunizations, treatments, and "good public health behaviors." It comes almost two years after the first confirmed Covid case was reported in Scotland on March 1, 2020. The UK had been placed on lockdown by the end of the month. On November 2, 2020, older students in locations with the greatest incidence of coronavirus were instructed to wear face-coverings in class for th

The prime minister has announced that people who have settled in the UK would be permitted to bring their Ukrainian closest family members with them. Boris Johnson stated that the United Kingdom would not "turn its back on Ukraine in its hour of need." He told a congregation in a Ukrainian church that he had never witnessed "such a clear divide between good and evil" as the turmoil in Ukraine. Later, he announced an additional £40 million in humanitarian help for the country. In the midst of the escalating Russian invasion, the government is facing mounting pressure to relax visa requirements for Ukrainians seeking asylum in the UK. Only those Ukrainians who were judged to be "dependents" of those already in the UK were guaranteed admittance prior to the recent statement. Member states of the European Union have backed proposals to take in all Ukrainian migrants for up to three years without requiring them to seek for asylum. The change in UK policy, accor