WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP LATE EDITION, 02/21

<p>After recognizing separatist regions of eastern Ukraine as independent, Russian President Putin ordered his forces there to "maintain peace." The British prime minister lifted COVID restrictions in England. A convoy of truckers is expected to snarl traffic on the way to the nation's capital this week. And the defense rests in the federal trial of the third former cop charged in George Floyd's death. Jennifer Keiper has this and more on tonight's World News Roundup Late Edition.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>