: 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.
: Metadata from some videos released around this time suggested they had been filmed days before their "live" broadcast, a tactic used to manufacture a sense of immediate crisis. Key Events on February 22 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
: Germany halted the certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and the US and UK began announcing initial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs. Key Events on February 22 unanimously authorized the
: 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