(2022-02-28). Looters to be shot on the spot, Ukrainian mayors warn. rt.com 
Harsh warnings amid rising number of incidents across several locations | Law enforcement officers in two Ukrainian towns have been authorized to shoot looters "on the spot," the mayors have announced. | A significant number of looting incidents have been reported across the country since the beginning of Russia's military operation. Zhytomyr's mayor Sergey Sukhomlyn in a Facebook video address mentioned an attempted robbery of a store in one area of the city. | "I am warning everyone: the police, the National Guard, the territorial defense units – they all received orders not to detain, they can just shoot on…
(2022-02-28). Chess star facing disciplinary action for Ukraine stance. rt.com 
Sergey Karjakin expressed his support for Vladimir Putin and the military action in Ukraine | Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin is facing disciplinary action from the International Chess Federation (FIDE) after expressing support for his country's military operation in Ukraine. | In an open letter to President Vladimir Putin shared on social media on Sunday, the Crimean-born Karjakin said he fully backed the effort to fight "for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine." | "I appeal to you at this difficult time, when our country, led by you, is fighting for the safety of the peaceful Russian popul…
(2022-02-28). Neo-Nazi Ukrainian group prepares 'pig-fat laden' bullets for Muslim fighters. rt.com 
Chechen 'orcs' won't go to heaven, National Guard claims in xenophobic message | Ukraine's National Guard prompted outrage, on Sunday, by posting a crude video aimed at Muslim Russian fighters. Twitter eventually labelled the message "hateful content." | The reel showed a soldier dipping the tips of bullet rounds into pork fat before putting them into a magazine. | The man, who reportedly belongs to the far-right nationalist Azov Battalion, apparently meant this as a threat to religious Muslims participating in the Russian military offensive in Ukraine. Pork is considered unclean in Islam, so Muslims killed by…
(2022-02-28). Rep. Higgins Baffles Everybody Online, With Even Dictionary Not Sure What His 'Woke Sky' Tweet Means. sputniknews.com It appears that Higgins was referring to the current international tension around the situation in Ukraine, and, as it seemed to some of the observers, parroted some of the conservative views that this is all about culture wars.
(2022-02-27). Facebook and Twitter respond to Russian operation in Ukraine. rt.com 
The companies are cutting Russian state-linked media from ad revenue | Facebook and Twitter said on Saturday they were barring Russian state-linked media from running ads or making money off of their platforms in response to Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. | Nathaniel Gleicher, the head of policy security at Meta, Facebook's parent company, said "Russian state media" were banned from "running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world." | Twitter said it was "temporarily pausing advertisements in Ukraine and Russia to ensure critical public safety information is elevated and ads don't detr…
(2022-02-27). 'He Gave $417 Million. What The Hell is Going On?' Trump Urges Audit of Zuckerberg Election Funding. sputniknews.com Last October former POTUS Donald Trump insisted new analysis showed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's donation of roughly $419.5 million to election offices through a pair of nonprofits was "illegal", having purportedly boosted Democratic turnout in key areas.
(2022-02-27). Fake News Warfare in Ukraine Conflict (+Zelensky on the Frontlines?). orinocotribune.com 
The ongoing geopolitical and military conflict situation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine is being used for fake news production by Western press and social media platforms, as is becoming evident. | Biased reports, publications of old photographs, and even simulations and video games serve as "source" for the mainstream media and social media accounts of great influence. With the publication of fake news, they are trying to show an "indignation" against war, something that was never seen against all the atrocities perpetrated or promoted by governments such as that of the United States.
(2022-02-27). Fake News Warfare In Ukraine Conflict. popularresistance.org The ongoing geopolitical and military conflict situation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine is being used for fake news production by Western press and social media platforms, as is becoming evident. | Biased reports, publications of old photographs, and even simulations and video games serve as "source" for the mainstream media and social media accounts of great influence. With the publication of fake news, they are trying to show an "indignation" against war, something that was never seen against all the atrocities perpetrated or promoted by governments such as that of the United States.
(2022-02-27). EU to 'paralyze' assets of Russian Central Bank. rt.com 
Washington expects the ruble to plunge after it loses the regulator's support | The EU is planning to freeze the assets of Russia's Central Bank, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday, announcing a new round of sanctions against Moscow amid the ongoing military operation in Ukraine. | "We will paralyze the assets of Russia's Central Bank. This will freeze its transactions. It will make it impossible for the Central Bank to liquidate assets," she tweeted. | The head of the EC will offer the measure along with a number of other restrictions on Russia for consideration to the leaders of E…
(2022-02-27). Elon Musk opens access to Starlink in Ukraine. tass.com "More terminals are en route," he wrote on Twitter…
(2022-02-27). Peruvian President Calls to Activate OAS Democratic Charter. telesurenglish.net This Saturday, the President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, demanded through his Twitter account that the Inter-American Democratic Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) be activated in view of the risk of a coup d'état against the "Government of the People". | RELATED: | Castillo's statements come after businesswoman Karelim Lopez, who is currently under investigation for participating in alleged acts of corruption, pointe…
(2022-02-27). China Claims That the US Is the Real Threat to the World. telesurenglish.net In the context of the special military operation that Russia deploys in Ukraine, the Chinese embassy in Moscow reminded on Saturday that the United States (U.S.) is "the real threat to the world". | RELATED: | The Chinese representation denounced on its Twitter social network account that more than 80 percent of the armed conflicts registered since the middle of the last century to the beginning of the present century were started by t…