On #TheUpdate this Monday, Ukrainian border guards say they repelled a Russian attempt to send troops into the northern Sumy region, which is outside the current focus of fighting. The border guard service said that Russian forces deployed mortars, grenade launchers and machine guns in an attempt to cover a "sabotage and reconnaissance group" crossing the border from Russia. 🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally in Buffalo, authorities say that Payton Gendron, the white 18-year-old who killed 10 people at the supermarket during the rampage that targeted black people, perviously made a threat at his high school. On Long Island, Shannan Gilbert, the woman who's disappearance in Gilgo Beach that worked an investigation into a possible serial killer, said that "there's someone after me" in a newly released 911 tape. We're going to take a closer look at a spotlight- following the Buffalo massacre- to a racist ideology seeping from the internet's fringes into the mainstream. And Burger King is giving away free fries- but there's a catch. 🍟

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We're celebrating the best of our 5 years by periodically looking back at some of our best moments in these specials. This is the best of Year 3 from February 2019-February 2020.

On #TheUpdate this Friday, a Russian soldier has gone on trial in Ukraine for the killing of an unarmed civilian. The suspect, Sergeant Vadim Shyshimarin, faces up to life in prison under a section of the Ukrainian criminal code that addresses the customs of war. 🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, three companies that operate more than 600 school buses in New York City are being sued by Attorney General Leticia James' office on allegations that they repeatedly violated bus idling laws and polluted the city's air since 2019. Tens of thousands of Columbians are fleeing one of Latin America's most populous countries on a migration route that has rarely been used. They're taking planes or buses to Mexico and then crossing the border into the U.S. In Tennessee, nurses have traveled from around the country to protest outside the courtroom where a former nurse will be sentenced for causing the death of a patient. RaDonda Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in March after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. And she never skips leg day. A Brazilian bodybuilder claims that her gym-hined legs are standing in the way of her sex life, scaring off men who have skinnier stems. 🇧🇷🦵🏽

On #TheUpdate this Thursday, the U.N's human rights chief says that her office has found that Russian forces and affiliated armed groups are responsible for most civilian deaths during the war in Ukraine. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said the "vast majority" of civilian casualties have. Even caused by the use of explosive weapons, including heavy artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, and missle and airstrikes. 🇺🇳🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, Judge Arthur Engoron says that her will lift is contempt of court order issued against former President Donald Trump if he meets certain conditions. They include $110,000 in fines racked up for being too slow to respond to Attorney General Leticia James' subpoena in her civil investigation into his business practices.

Mayor Adams is falling on the Biden administration to tank the federal firearms license of a Nevada company that sells parts and kits for ghost guns. They're firearms without serial numbers that have been increasingly turning up at crime scenes around the country.

In Boston, legal experts and victims' advocates say that celebrity chef Mario Batali's acquittal on sexual assault charges underscores the inherent difficulties of prosecuting such cases nearly five years into the #MeToo era.

And talk about being a picky eater. A recent study polling 7,400 vegans and vegetarians from around the world found that more than half of vegans (52%) and nearly 40% of vegetarians wouldn't consider a relationship with a meat-eater. 🥦 🥩🥓

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, new satellite photos analyzed by the Associated Press show that a Russian ship believes to be carrying stolen Ukrainian grain has docked in Syria. The photo taken by Planet Labs PBC showed the Russian-flagged Matros Pozynich at dockside in Latakia, Syria. 🇺🇦🇷🇺🌾🇸🇾

Locally, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is hoping that three American Presidents- former presidents Obama and Trump and current President Biden- can rescue him from criminal charges alleging he accepted millions of dollars from drug traffickers funneling drugs to the U.S.

26-year-old Lauren Pazienza, charged in the death of the 87-year-old Broadway singing coach in Manhattan has pleaded not guilty for manslaughter and assault charges. A judge also revoked her $500,000 bail.

In Indiana, a sheriff says that the Alabama murder suspect and jailer who evaded authorities for more than a week were heavily armed and preparing for a shootout when they were captured. And whether you actually give a puff or not, people celebrated 4/20 by sparking up in celebration of cannabis. We'll tell you the list of stoner styles matched to each zodiac signs. 💨

On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, Ukrainian officials say around 100 civilians still remain trapped at the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol despite earlier reports that all had been evacuated. Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said in televised remarks that those left behind are the civilians that "the Russians have not selected" and that the evacuees go through the so-called "filtration" camps. 🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, a civilian New York City police employee was killed and her neighbor critically wounded in a apparent domestic violence incident in Queens. The slain woman worked for the NYPD for 11 years. In Buffalo, the head of the company that makes baseball caps for the country's biggest sports leagues, Christopher Koch, was arraigned on a felony charge. In Louisiana, their supreme court is preparing to hear arguments on whether a ban on non-unanimous jury verdicts must apply retroactively.

And according to a new survey of North American veterinarians, cases of pot poisoning among pets are on the rise and have "increased significantly" since October 2018. 💨🐶

On #TheUpdate this Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday to once again justify the war in Ukraine, but did not declare even a limited victory, or even give a signal to where the conflict is headed next. His forces continue to pummel targets across the country with few signs of significant progress. 🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, Richard Rojas, the man behind the wheel of the car that barrelled through crowds of pedestrians in Times Square, killing a woman and injuring 22 others, is finally heading to trial five years later. Governor Kathy Hochul says that she tested positive for COVID-19, and will isolate and work remotely this week. In Miami, humans don't know what they're missing, just under the surface of a busy shipping channel in "the cruise capital of the world." Just below massive ships, an underwater camera is sending a liveatrram from another world, showing marine life that's trying its best to resist global warming. And while Easter was a little while ago, one of the ways to celebrate is to down baskets of Cadbury Creme Eggs. But many people have wondered for years what the gooey center is actually full of. 🥚🍫

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!