(2022-02-21). Ukraine — Who is firing at whom and who is lying about it? mronline.org 
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has an observer mission along the line of control between the government and rebel side in south east Ukraine.
(2022-02-21). Ukrainian Saboteur Blows Up On His Own Mine Near Donetsk As Putin Prepares To Address Security Council. southfront.org 
Monday, February 21, was marked by the further deterioration of the situation in the conflict zone in the east of…
(2022-02-21). Russia to Participate in Contact Group If Kiev Agrees to Convene Meeting With DPR, LPR, Source Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – If Kiev manages to agree with the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) to hold Contact Group talks on the Donbass crisis, Russia will also participate in the negotiations, a Moscow source familiar with the matter told Sputnik.
(2022-02-21). The Ukraine Crisis and Lessons from the Balkans. juancole.com Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) — A large scale conflict seems to be on the verge of breaking out between Western-backed Ukraine and two Russian-sponsored, breakaway republics, the Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic. Tensions in the coal-rich Donbass region of Eastern Ukraine remain high, and though diplomacy may have postponed a full-scale war, …
(2022-02-21). Kiev forces continue shelling Donbass on Monday. en.mehrnews.com Kiev forces continued shelling the territories of the self-proclaimed people's republics of Lugansk and Donetsk (LPR and DPR) on Monday, according to statements of the breakaway republics' missions to the JCCC.
(2022-02-21). Ukrainian Media Claims Zelenskyy Quietly Hoping Russia Will Recognise Donbass Breakaways. sputniknews.com Since the signing of the Minsk Agreements in February 2015, Moscow has consistently called for the peaceful reintegration of the Donbass breakaway regions with Ukraine in exchange for broad, constitutionally-guaranteed autonomy.
(2022-02-21). West's "blind eye" policy towards shelling in Donbass can provoke Kiev attack — diplomat. tass.com If our French colleagues can influence the minds of Ukrainian establishment to convince them that they should stick to the Minsk agreements and they should not open fire at peaceful population in Donbass that could be only welcome, Dmitry Polyansky added…
(2022-02-21). 20.02.2022 Ukraine War Overview. Kiev Escalating Situation Amid Donbass Bracing for Homeland War. southfront.org 
At around 5 a.m. on February 20, units of the Ukrainian Army 79th airborne assault brigade crossed the Seversky Donets River and attacked the positions of the LPR People's Militia near the village of Pionerskoe. With massive artillery support, Ukrainian soldiers attempted to assault one of the observation posts. | Fierce clashes broke out. The Ukrainian Army suffered losses and was forced to retreat. | As a result of the aggression of the Ukrainian Army, five residential buildings were destroyed and civilian casualties were reported. |
(2022-02-21). Ukrainian Civilians Train for War as Ceasefire Violations Increase. news.antiwar.com Fighting has reignited in eastern Ukraine. Hundreds of violations of the Minsk Protocol have been recorded in the last week, with two Ukrainian soldiers killed and four injured on Saturday. A school and pipeline were among the infrastructure that was damaged. Kiev alleges the fighting was started by the separatists in the Donbas region. Russia …
(2022-02-21). What Is Going to Happen in Ukraine? transcend.org * Three possible scenarios in the current crisis in Ukraine. | * How current US-UK-NATO policy is designed to erect a new EU/Russia Iron Curtain. | * What the actual outcome could be.
(2022-02-21). Kremlin Slams US 'Lies' About Russia's Alleged 'List' of Ukrainians 'To Be Killed, Sent to Camps'. sputniknews.com Amid Western claims of Russia's alleged preparations for an "invasion" of Ukraine, repeatedly been denied by the Kremlin, a letter from the US Ambassador to the UN addressed to United Nations High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet accused Moscow of drawing up lists of Ukrainians "to be killed or sent to camps" in the event of an alleged incursion.
(2022-02-21). Ukraine: Situation and Background. transcend.org 14 Feb 2022 – A brief overview of the situation in Ukraine and its geopolitical background.
(2022-02-21). Russia Announces Withdrawal of Troops near Ukraine as Drills End. transcend.org 15 Feb 2022 – Amid the hype around a potential Russian invasion, Moscow announced today that it is withdrawing troops from areas near Ukraine as military drills in the region conclude. The Russian Defense Ministry said the troops are returning to their permanent bases.
(2022-02-21). With Its Doomsday Clock at 100 Seconds to Midnight, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Calls for Escalating US Aggression against Russia. transcend.org 15 Feb 2022 – Citing the Atlantic Council, the US-based think tank for NATO, the Bulletin explains that the sanctions they advocate would cause the Russian economy to "experience significant chaos." Instead of supporting peaceful measures in the Ukraine, it has become a cheerleader for Washington. From an organization run by scientists, the current governing board of the Bulletin has hardly a scientist in sight.
(2022-02-21). Ukraine Seeks to Join NATO Despite Pressure From European Countries, Foreign Minister Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Ukraine is seeking to become a NATO member despite signals from some European countries urging it to abandon this idea, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said, adding that the United States is not one of them.
(2022-02-21). US Preparing Sanctions That Would Target Russian Banks, Reports Say. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The administration of US President Joe Biden could block US financial institutions from processing transactions for Russian banks as part of a sanctions package that will be implemented if Moscow decides to "invade" Ukraine, Reuters reports, citing anonymous sources.
(2022-02-21). WWII Redux: The Endpoint of U.S. Policy from Ukraine to Taiwan. dissidentvoice.org "This is not going to be a war of Ukraine and Russia. This is going to be a European war, a full-fledged war." So spoke Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky just days after berating the U.S. for beating the drums of war. It is not hard to imagine how Zelensky's words must have fallen on those …
(2022-02-21). Russia not to attack Ukraine, has no such plans: envoy to US. en.mehrnews.com Russia has no plans of any attack on Ukraine and is not implementing it now, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said, adding that there are no such plans.
(2022-02-21). UK: Warmonger Johnson lies that Russia has already initiated plan to subjugate Ukraine. wsws.org Johnson told the BBC that "something that could be the biggest war in Europe since 1945… has already in some senses begun."
(2022-02-21). The Western Allied Nations Bully the World While Warning of Threats from China and Russia. transcend.org 17 Feb 2022 – Why the chief of Germany's navy, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schà∂nbach, was sacked? Because while in India he said two things that are unacceptable in the West: | ‚Ä¢ That "the Crimean Peninsula is gone and never [coming] back" to Ukraine.
(2022-02-21). Japanese PM views phone call with Putin as part of efforts to ease tensions over Ukraine. tass.com The Japanese prime minister emphasized that he had called on the Russian leader "to abandon plans to change the situation by force and search for a generally acceptable solution through diplomatic negotiations"
(2022-02-21). Biden ready to meet with Putin, if "invasion" of Ukraine hasn't happened — White House. tass.com Russia appears to be continuing preparations for a full-scale assault on Ukraine very soon, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki added…
(2022-02-21). UK Prime Minister Johnson lies that Russia has already initiated plan to subjugate Ukraine. wsws.org Johnson told the BBC that "something that could be the biggest war in Europe since 1945… has already in some senses begun."
(2022-02-21). Munich Security Conference targets Russia. wsws.org This year's Munich Security Conference was dominated by the escalation of preparations for a conflict between the USA and NATO against Russia.
(2022-02-21). Sputnik Light May Become Universal Booster Shot as China Approves Mix&Match COVID Vaccination. sputniknews.com The mix&match approach to coronavirus vaccination was pioneered by the makers of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine and has proven its effectiveness in creating a stronger and more durable immunity, including against the Omicron variant.
(2022-02-21). MFA comments on US embassy's warning about "terrorist attack threats" in Russia. tass.com Maria Zakharova asked the U.S. embassy in Russia, if they have transferred the data about allegedly existing threats of terrorist attacks…
(2022-02-21). Cancun Cruz dares Say Biden is Weak on Putin, when he Supports "Vladimir's Lapdog" Donald Trump. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Hill reports that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is saying that Joe Biden is the best thing that ever happened to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Cruz is trotting out the tried and true Republican tactic of Chickenhawk Macho. He does not have any credibility in this regard, since he ran …
(2022-02-21). Berlin Claims No Promises on NATO Expansion Made to Russia Despite Release of Classified Doc. sputniknews.com Last week, Spiegel published a formerly classified document retrieved from the British national archive dated 1991 which showed that Western powers made an explicit commitment to Moscow not to expand the NATO alliance beyond the borders of a reunified Germany.
(2022-02-21). Stop the drive to World War 3! wsws.org Amid a pandemic that has killed nearly one million people in the US and continues to kill more than 2,000 every day, the Biden administration is focusing all attention on an increasingly hysterical campaign for war against Russia.
(2022-02-21). US embassy in Russia will find it difficult to work if expulsions continue — ambassador. tass.com In particular, the ambassador's biggest concern is that the embassy's infrastructure is aging, and important systems need to be maintained or replaced…
(2022-02-21). US plans to impose restrictions on international transactions of Russian banks — Reuters. tass.com The final list of banks subject to sanctions is yet to be formed…
(2022-02-21). RAND Corporation Study Calls for Regime Change in Moscow. transcend.org 13 Feb 2022 — Imagine how Moscow felt when they first read this study. It is clear that there is a method behind US-NATO madness. If you were sitting in Russia's shoes how would you react to these proposals — many of which have been or are now being implemented?>
(2022-02-21). Elysee Palace announces consent of Putin and Biden to hold security summit. tass.com Questions for the summit will be prepared by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during their February 24 meeting…
(2022-02-21). Activism Uncensored: The Freedom Convoy. transcend.org 17 Feb 2022 – As Canada Clamps Down on Trucker Protest, American Copycat Event Fails to Materialize So Far – A Balanced Look at the Canadian Protests…
(2022-02-21). On Israel as an Apartheid State: An Interview with Richard Falk. transcend.org 19 Feb 2022 – An interview David Falcone originally published in CounterPunch on 11 Feb prompted by the Amnesty Report but extending beyond it.
(2022-02-21). War in Europe and the Rise of Raw Propaganda. transcend.org 17 Feb 2022 – Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain. On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate spin, the currency of the age. In 1964, Marshall McLuhan famously declared, "The medium is the message." The lie is the message now.
(2022-02-21). Wednesday 3/9: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. indybay.org Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.
(2022-02-21). Credit Suisse Slams 'Concerted Effort to Discredit Bank' by Failed Due Diligence Claims in Data Leak. sputniknews.com The massive trove of data on more than 18,000 bank accounts, opened between the 1940s and the 2010s, was leaked by a self-described whistleblower to the German newspaper Sàºddeutsche Zeitung, which shared it with a nonprofit journalism group, the Organsed Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
(2022-02-21). Self-Exposure of the Myth of North Korean Hackers. journal-neo.org 
More recently NEO wrote that the termination of the DPRK moratorium and a potentially new round of tension could have been caused by a series of hacker attacks on the North Korean Internet in the second half of January 2022, since fortunately back in 2018, the United States stated that the first shot of this …
(2022-02-21). Washington's Indisputable Guilt in Worsening Relations with Iran. journal-neo.org 
Iran and the United States used to be the closest allies before the 1979 Iranian revolution, but now they are uncompromising enemies. Quite a peculiar political metamorphosis. Makes one wonder how former close friends turned into such enemies in just over forty years? And why it is the US who is still full of such violent …
(2022-02-21). US Turns On Honduran Narco-Dictator Juan Orlando Hernández. popularresistance.org The US government has turned on the right-wing former dictator of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, after it spent years supporting him. | Hernández is the latest in a series of brutal authoritarians who were key US allies until they outlived their usefulness, from Iraq's Saddam Hussein to the Dominican Republic's Rafael Trujillo to Panama's Manuel Noriega. | This February, the United States requested the extradition of Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández on charges of trafficking cocaine and guns. Local authorities arrested him on February 15. | Hernández, who is popularly known by his initials JOH, ser…
(2022-02-21). Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (22 Feb or 1 Mar 1810 — 17 Oct 1849). transcend.org The musical talent of Fryderyk became apparent extremely early on, and it was compared with the childhood genius of Mozart. Already at the age of 7, he was the author of two polonaises…. In the summer of 1849, Ludwika Jedrzejewiczowa, the eldest sister of the composer, came from Warsaw to take care of her ill brother. On 17 October 1849, Chopin died of pulmonary tuberculosis in his Parisian flat in the Place Vendà¥me. He was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
(2022-02-21). Future Psychosocial Implications of the Metaverse. transcend.org Exploring Possible Non-Technical and Existential Dimensions…
(2022-02-21). Black History Month Special: Who Ordered the Killing of Malcolm X? covertactionmagazine.com New Evidence May Implicate the New York Police Dept., the District Attorney, the FBI, and Even (Unthinkably) … On Sunday February 21, 1965, at 3: 00 p.m., Malcolm X was gunned down at the Audubon Ballroom on Broadway and 166th Street in Manhattan while delivering a speech to an audience of about 400…
(2022-02-21). Leopoldo López and Guaidó Party in Crisis: 100 Party Members Quit. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, February 20, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—This Saturday, February 19, a group of approximately 100 members of the Voluntad Popular party announced their decision in a public event to abandon the political party. Voluntad Popular was funded by Venezuelan fugitive Leopoldo López, and is also the party that former deputy Juan Guaidó belonged to when he was elected for the 2016-2021 parliamentary term with only 97,000 votes. | The speaker for the event, Javier González, announced the decision alleging a lack of institutionality and internal democracy, and a deviation from party principles. Without abandon…
(2022-02-21). Lee Camp: New Data Shows US Government Has Been Bought For $14 Billion. mintpressnews.com 
No wonder the latest polls show both corporate parties are thoroughly disliked. It's time to acknowledge that our system has been 100% purchased by the One Percent, and that even the best candidate on their best day is still no better than a Zungenwurst.
(2022-02-21). My Day in Palestine: The Stunning Beauty and Cruel Reality of an Occupied Land. mintpressnews.com 
Walking through the low hills of the Naqab as the sun sets and the moon comes up is an experience that allows us to imagine what Palestine was like before it was torn apart by Zionists and what can still be saved if we act fast.
(2022-02-21). Cuba's Díaz-Canel: 'We All Have a Moral Obligation to Provide Haiti Substantial and Unconditional Cooperation'. orinocotribune.com Statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, and President of the Republic of Cuba, during the International Conference for the Financing of the Reconstruction of the Southern Peninsula of Haiti, February 16, 2022, Year 64 of the Revolution. | (Transcript: Presidency of the Republic) | His Excellency Ariel Henry, Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti; | Her Excellency Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; distinguished guests: Once again, what brings us together here is the human drama Haiti is facing, the poorest nation in…
(2022-02-21). Malcolm's Growing Socialist, Anti-imperialist, Anti-Zionist and Pan-African Outlook Made Him Target of the "Deep State"—Like So Many Others Under COINTELPRO. covertactionmagazine.com Former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has now cleared Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam who were wrongfully convicted of Malcolm's …