🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Russian President Putin has confirmed he won't be attending the Putin-proposed Istanbul talks tomorrow. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, and Head Presidential Aide of Foreign Policy Ushakov will not be attending either.

Instead, Russia's delegation will be headed by Russia's Chairman of Historical Education Vladimir Medinsky, who'll meet Zekensky tomorrow.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Ukraine's top officials Yermak, Umerov, Sybiha and Zhovka, as well as President Zelensky have left for Istanbul, Turkey.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇳⚡- "Iran remains heavily dependent on China for its malign activities in the Middle East," - US Department of State.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Minneapolis and Minnesota state leaders are preparing for a possible Derek Chauvin pardon." - KSTP, local Minneapolis-Saint Paul media.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Ukraine's Foreign Minister Sybiha met US Secretary of State Rubio in Antalya, Turkey.

🇸🇾⚡- BREAKING: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham led Public Internal Security forces have launched a campaign arresting foreign fighters in the country.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Israel has decided to resume humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

🇱🇾⚡- Protests are violent in the Abu Salim District of Tripoli, territory that was previously under SSA control (a corner division under the GNU), and captured by the GNU's main Misrata's Defense Ministry.

🇱🇾⚡- BREAKING: GNU's Misrata-based military forces fire live rounds at protestors in the Abu Salim District of Tripoli.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Minnesotan Governor Tim Walz has reportedly met with the National Guard and state police ahead of a potential pardon of Derek Chauvin." - KSTP, local Minneapolis-Saint Paul media.

🇱🇾⚡- Abu Salim, Tripoli, Libya.

🇱🇾⚡- Protestors have looted a military observation post belonging to the 444th Brigade of the GNU.

February 17th 2011, a repeat?

🇱🇾⚡️- Heavy gunfire against protesters in the Abu Salim district of Tripoli by GNU forces.

🇱🇾⚡️- Anti-Dbeibeh protesters dispersed by GNU forces outside the Presidential Council building in Tripoli, Libya.

🇱🇾⚡️- Protesters in Tripoli have swelled in the last hour. A column of demonstrators were filmed chanting "Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam," a popular slogan most associated with the Arab Spring, and especially the overthrow of Gaddafi in 2011.

🇱🇾⚡️- Protests in Qarah Bulli, Tripoli, demanding the resignation of GNU Prime Minister Dbeibeh.

🇱🇾⚡️- Official statement by the Security Support Apparatus, the internal security force of the GNU:

"O God, reconcile our hearts and reconcile our differences and guide us to the paths of peace..

First, we pray for the mercy of God for all those who have perished at the hands of our brothers in the homeland due to the souls whose hearts have blackened our beloved country. We ask God Almighty to grand a speedy recovery to those afflicted in their bodies, to compensate those who have been harmed in their property, and to grant security and safety to this pure land.

Given the critical stage that our country in general and our beloved capital in particular are going through, and given that the Stability Support Agency is an independent entity under the Presidency of the State, and its mission is to establish security, stability, and construction, and out of our absolute commitment to carrying out our work to the fullest extent, we therefore recommend the following to ourselves and all members of the agency, including officers, non-commissioned officers, individuals and employees:

- Adhere to the highest levels of discipline, order, and security commitment.
- Adhere to the instructions and orders issued through the administrative chain of command and the structure of the agency, and make the protection of lives and public and private property a priority.
- Commitment to self-control in accordance with applicable laws, legislation, and instructions.

In conclusion, we urge all department directors and heads of offices, branches, and sections of the agency to attend the meeting, the time and location of which will be determined by us at a later time."