RUSSIA

Despite Biden's protestations, foreign policy observers are increasingly framing the relationship between the U.S. on one side and Russia and China on the other as a "Cold War" in which countries are, in fact, being expected to choose sides.

"In a few weeks, we have already [received] more than 2,000 such requests," said a representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov praised Elon Musk for "looking for a peaceful way out of" the war in Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin has threatened nuclear weapons in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Whether the threats are legit and how the U.S. will respond remains unclear.

In a Twitter post, Musk suggested re-doing referendums in annexed territories of Ukraine "under UN supervision."

Russia President Vladimir Putin's allies also suggested that Moscow's military commander should be sent to the frontlines armed only with a machine gun.

Former National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster made the remarks following Ukraine's liberation of the city of Lyman.

A report by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that the Ukrainian soldiers also successfully hit five Russian command posts over the weekend.

The Biden administration on Friday added further sanctions on Russia and Russian entities following Putin's annexation of four regions in Ukraine.

Russian Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev said that the new legislation will be adopted by the end of 2022.

"If a mistake is made, I repeat, it must be corrected. Those who were called up without proper reason should be returned home," Putin said in a videoconference with his top security officials.

A human rights defender said at least one HIV-positive individual has already been sent to a Russian collection point.

Vadym Boichenko, Mayor of Russian-occupied Mariupol, warned that the Russian army could mobilize about 10,000 residents and urged the city's male population to flee.

Footage of the Russian soldiers' "Squid Game-like" sleeping quarters was posted by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Tactical nuclear weapons, sometimes called battlefield or nonstrategic nuclear weapons, were designed to be used on the battlefield.

"There are rare cases of mobilization of persons with disabilities, cancer patients, parents with many children, and persons over sixty years of age..," the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a report.

Relatives of the Russian draftees said they were not given any explanation as to what would happen after signing the war forms.

CIA Director William Burns noted that it is still "very hard to say" whether Putin's threats of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine is a bluff.

Potassium Iodide helps block the negative effects of radioactive iodine to a person's thyroid gland.

Kirill I's comments come days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists.

The Russian economist noted that his spring forecast of a 10% plunge in Russia's GDP looks "overly optimistic" today.