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Oil prices soared and investors shifted more money into ultra-safe U.S. government bonds as Russia stepped up its war on Ukraine. The price of oil surged back above $100 a barrel after Russia, a major energy producer, faced further isolation and economic damage because of its invasion of Ukraine.

Toyota is halting production at all 14 of its factories in Japan after a key supplier was hit by a suspected cyberattack.

Over 400 mercenaries were allegedly flown in from Africa to Ukraine by the Kremlin to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"Russia didn't start the years-old conflict in Ukraine, but is seeking to bring it to an end, Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov has said."

President Vladimir Putin dramatically escalated East-West tensions by ordering Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday, while Ukraine’s embattled leader agreed to talks with Moscow as Putin’s troops and tanks drove deeper into the country.

Ukraine has been repelling Russian forces, particularly in embattled capitol city of Kyiv.

Tucker Carlson blamed President Joe Biden’s perceived ineptness for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, calling it a humiliating defeat for the current commander-in-chief.

Russia and its allies from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics launched a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday aimed at "demilitarising and denazifying" the country in the face of a security crisis of a scale unseen in Europe in decades.

As Russian forces march closer to the capital city of Kyiv, the international community is sending military aid to Ukraine. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on nations to inflect financial punishments on Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine.

Even Biden admitted that energy prices are about to go up.