In Moscow, a 22-year-old girl was detained at an anti-war rally, suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail towards the police. This was reported by the Moscow department of the Investigative Committee. The case was opened under the article on threats of violence against police officers (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). Baza and Daily Storm published videos of the incident.

Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia Andrei Kurochkin told the publication "Takiye Dela" that conscript soldiers of the Russian armed forces are being transferred en masse to contract service and sent to the border with Ukraine. “They are transferring entire regiments [to the contract], although the guys did not submit any reports for this, did not show any initiative.

Roskomnadzor, under the threat of blocking, demanded that the Krasnoyarsk publication Prospekt Mira delete news about the shelling of Ukrainian cities, the editors reported . Now the material “Media reports about explosions in cities and the capital of Ukraine” has been deleted, a copy is available in the Yandex cache. There was a selection of videos of military operations with links to CNN , RIA Novosti and Russian telegram channels.

Roskomnadzor demanded that the media publish only “data from official Russian sources” about the war with Ukraine and threatened with fines of up to 5 million rubles and blocking.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at a briefing announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Russia. This happened after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” on the territory of Ukraine on the morning of February 24. Russian troops crossed the border in the northeast - near Lugansk, Kharkov and Chernigov. Military facilities - units, airfields and warehouses - throughout Ukraine, including in the west of the country, were shelled.

The Telegram fails, reports the Downdetector service. The problems in the work of the messenger are reported by users from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kyiv.

Vladimir Solovyov. Photo: Vladimir Andreev / TASS The European Union published a detailed list of individuals and companies against which sanctions were imposed due to the recognition of the self-proclaimed DPR and the LPR. TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, head of RT Margarita Simonyan, Vice Speaker of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy, Foreign Minister Maria Zakharova, Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu and 351 deputy of the State Duma were included in the list.

The heads of the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik asked President Vladimir Putin to “help repel the aggression of the Ukrainian regime.” this TASS reports with reference to presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. The agency published statements by Pushilin and Pasechnik dated February 22.