: This date saw a significant increase in shelling and military activity along the "line of contact" in the Donbas region. Videos circulating at this time often depicted explosions, night-time tracer fire, or the movement of Russian military convoys toward the Ukrainian border.
During this period, several videos were circulated by Russian state media and proxy forces that were later identified by Western intelligence and open-source investigators as staged "false flag" operations. video_2022-02-22_00-06-10.mp4
unanimously authorized the use of military force abroad, providing the legal domestic framework for the invasion that followed 48 hours later. : This date saw a significant increase in
: Notably, on February 22, 2022, the Luhanska power station in eastern Ukraine was attacked, marking one of the early strategic strikes on infrastructure before the broad invasion [1.4.1). Disinformation and Staged Footage unanimously authorized the use of military force abroad,
: Germany halted the certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and the US and UK began announcing initial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs.
: Some videos purportedly showed Ukrainian saboteurs or shelling in Russian-held territory to provide a pretext for the invasion.
: This date saw a significant increase in shelling and military activity along the "line of contact" in the Donbas region. Videos circulating at this time often depicted explosions, night-time tracer fire, or the movement of Russian military convoys toward the Ukrainian border.
During this period, several videos were circulated by Russian state media and proxy forces that were later identified by Western intelligence and open-source investigators as staged "false flag" operations.
unanimously authorized the use of military force abroad, providing the legal domestic framework for the invasion that followed 48 hours later.
: Notably, on February 22, 2022, the Luhanska power station in eastern Ukraine was attacked, marking one of the early strategic strikes on infrastructure before the broad invasion [1.4.1). Disinformation and Staged Footage
: Germany halted the certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and the US and UK began announcing initial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs.
: Some videos purportedly showed Ukrainian saboteurs or shelling in Russian-held territory to provide a pretext for the invasion.