sputniknews (2022-02-27). Kiev Backtracks on Peace Talks in Gomel After Russian Delegation Arrives in Belarus. sputniknews.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Vladimir Putin to sit down for talks earlier this week, but as soon as Russia agreed, Kiev broke off contact. Later, the Kremlin revealed that Putin had ordered a temporary halt to the Russian military operation in Ukraine in anticipation of talks, but Kiev had refused to negotiate.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Putin Assures Israel's Bennett Russia Ready to Talk to Ukraine, Says Kiev Showing 'Inconsistency'. sputniknews.com Russia summoned Israel's ambassador to Moscow on Friday top ask why Tel Aviv "supports neo-Nazis" in Kiev after Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid blasted the Russian military operation in Ukraine as a 'grave violation of the international order'.

TASS (2022-02-27). Russian armed forces eliminate over 900 Ukraine's military facilities, says ministry. tass.com Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov added that 26 jets, helicopters and remotely piloted aircraft have also been shot down…

TASS (2022-02-27). Russian delegation arrives in Belarus for talks with Ukrainians. tass.com Russian delegation is ready to start talks with Ukraine in Gomel, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov says…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Russian MoD: Azov Battalion Used Grad Systems to Hit Residential Areas on Mariupol Outskirts. sputniknews.com On 24 February, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine after the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk requested assistance to defend themselves from attacks by Ukrainian forces.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Analyst: Russia Seeks to Neutralise Ukraine's Geopolitical Status to Solve Dangerous Security Crisis. sputniknews.com As Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine in order to protect the Donbass republics and demilitarise the country, which seeks to join NATO, two major Asian powers, China and India, have remained cautious in taking sides. An expert reckons the crisis will send a ripple effect in Europe and shape a new order in the Asia Pacific.

Zach Farber (2022-02-27). Dozens turn out to hear anti-war activist Juliana Musheyev speak against war with Russia. liberationnews.org On Feb. 25 nearly 40 people, including CBS 8 news, gathered at the San Diego Justice Center for a community forum about NATO expansion and aggression since the alliance's inception.

Fight Back (2022-02-27). Minneapolis protest calls for U.S. de-escalation in Ukraine. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On February 24, around 30 people demonstrated outside U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's office in downtown Minneapolis with signs and banners calling for no war with Russia and an end to U.S. intervention in Ukraine. Held less than 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine, the protest came amidst a jingoistic frenzy of calls by Western governments and media for actions against Russia. | Protesters emphasized the role that the U.S. and NATO played for years in escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia. In 2014, the elected Ukrainian government was overth…

Andrew Korybko (2022-02-27). President Putin Didn't Spark World War III, he Just Averted it! orinocotribune.com By Andrew Korybko — Feb 24, 2022 | A much larger war that could dangerously escalate into World War III was averted by Russia's preemptive special operation in Ukraine aimed at neutralizing the US and NATO's latent, imminent, and hot threats emanating from that country. This makes Moscow's military mission truly a peacemaking one since the Eurasian Great Power responsibly sought to prevent World War III, not spark it. Russia truly had no choice but to act now. | The US-led Western Mainstream Media's latest information warfare narrative against Russia is that President Putin just sparked World War III, but th…

Anonymous349 (2022-02-27). Day 4 Of War In Ukraine Started: Russian Troops Are In Kharkov City. Cruise Missiles Pound Regime Forces (Video). southfront.org The Fourth Day of the Russian peace enforcement operation in Ukraine started. In the morning of February 27, Russian forces…

Anonymous103 (2022-02-27). Oil Depots Burning All Over Ukraine (Videos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On the night of February 27, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the village of Rovenki with rockets. Despite destroying civilian settlements, Ukrainian forces launched a missile attack on an oil depot located in the town in the LPR. A large fire broke out. | According to the footage, the Tochka-U missile was used to destroy the oil depot. According to the LPR People's Militia, eight fuel tanks with a volume of about 5 thousand liters were damaged. No injuries were reported. | Another attack on…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). How Western Press Has Kept Silent For Years on War in Donbass & Neo-Nazism in Ukraine. sputniknews.com Russia on 24 February launched a "special operation" in Donbass aimed at protecting Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), which were recognised as independent entities by Moscow on 21 February. The Western media called the operation "an invasion" they have long warned about.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Russia-Europe Gas Transit Through Ukraine to Remain at Near Maximum Capacity, Operator Says. sputniknews.com The Russian military operation in Ukraine has sent energy prices on a rollercoaster of volatility, with oil surging past $100 a barrel and spot prices for gas jumping 60 percent or more Thursday before leveling out Friday.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Russian Journalists Come Under Fire From Ukrainian Forces in Donbass. sputniknews.com On Thursday, Russia began a special operation to demilitarise Ukraine, responding to calls from the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics for help in countering the aggression of Ukrainian forces.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). EEUU sabía que la expansión de la OTAN a Ucrania obligaría a Rusia a intervenir. multipolarista.com El ex embajador de EEUU en Rusia, William Burns, actual director de la CIA, admitió en un documento secreto en 2008 que la expansión de la OTAN a Ucrania cruza las "líneas rojas" de seguridad de Moscú y "podría dividir el país en dos, lo que provocaría violencia o incluso, algunos afirman, una guerra civil, lo que obligaría a Rusia a decidir si interviene".

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). US gov't knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene. multipolarista.com Former US Ambassador to Russia William J. Burns, who is now CIA director, admitted in a classified 2008 embassy cable that NATO expansion to Ukraine crosses Moscow's security "redlines" and "could potentially split the country in two, leading to violence or even, some claim, civil war, which would force Russia to decide whether to intervene."

sputniknews (2022-02-27). UK's Truss Claims Unless Russian Op in Ukraine is Stopped, It May Result in Conflict With NATO. sputniknews.com Truss also argued that, if Russia is serious about entering negotiations with Ukraine, it should pull its troops out of the country.

TASS (2022-02-27). France to boost military assistance to Ukraine, toughen anti-Russian sanctions. tass.com French President Emmanuel Macron is determined to take "measures to freeze financial assets" of Russian public figures on the national level…

TASS (2022-02-27). President Lukashenko rules out nuclear weapons in Belarus. tass.com According to a report by BelTA, Lukashenko dismissed such speculations as "fakes"

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Lukashenko Says 'Harassment of Belarusians' in Ukraine Could Push Minsk Toward a Special Op. sputniknews.com Earlier, a Russian delegation had arrived in Belarus for negotiations with the Ukrainians, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, after the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said that Minsk has prepared everything necessary for talks between the sides in Gomel.

TASS (2022-02-27). Referendum on constitutional amendments kicks off in Belarus. tass.com A total of 5,510 polling stations are open across the country…

TASS (2022-02-27). Ukraine closes checkpoints on border with Russia, Belarus. tass.com Ukrainian citizens, staying in those countries and willing to return home, will have an opportunity to do so safely and without restriction, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said…

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). Chinese FM holds phone talks with top EU diplomat. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday held a telephone conversation with Josep Borrell, the European Union (EU)'s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy.

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). China says EU should urge Lithuania to return to one-China principle. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday said the European Union (EU) should urge Lithuania to return to the right track of the one-China principle as soon as possible.

_____ (2022-02-27). If the West's Promises to Ukraine Are Genuine, Then Why Is Zelensky the Loneliest Leader in the World? strategic-culture.org War is cruelty on a level most of us can't process. But even more cruel are those who orchestrate it and then run away and hide the moment the knife is drawn from the sheath. | The baptism of fire from western analysts and newsrooms is that the "invasion" of Ukraine is unjust and that "Putin will stop at nothing now" in his so-called quest to retake former Soviet bloc countries. | "Where will it end? Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic?" one harped, while millions nod their heads in a gang bang of blinded dogma and bigotry. Few care to look at the history and the nuances of what has happened in recent years wh…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-27). White House: Venezuela Will Feel the Pressure of Sanctions Against Russia (+Missile Crisis). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 26, 2022 ( "The sanctions on Russia are so robust that they will have an impact on those governments with economic links with Russia," stated González. "And that is by design, so Venez…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2022-02-27). Pope, Putin and Ukraine in crisis. peoplesdispatch.org The visit by Pope Francis to the Russian Embassy in Rome on Friday, during which he spoke to the ambassador for around an hour-and-a-half, is noteworthy for a number of reasons…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Beijing Blasts US Over Ukraine Crisis, Tells Washington to 'Ask Itself' Who's to Blame for Disaster. sputniknews.com US President Joe Biden warned Thursday that any nation that doesn't condemn Moscow's military operation in Ukraine would be "stained by association." On Friday, US media reported that US officials had held six urgent meetings with senior Chinese officials to try to force Beijing to pressure Russia into changing course.

TASS (2022-02-27). Macron urges Lukashenko to refrain from supporting Russian operation in Ukraine. tass.com French President stressed the need to cooperate with the international community "in carrying out humanitarian operations to come to the aid of the Ukrainian people"

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Putin Thanks Russian Special Op Forces for Heroically Performing Their Military Duty in Ukraine. sputniknews.com Earlier, Russia formally recognised the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) amid intensified shelling of their territory by Kiev's forces. Moscow launched a military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from DPR and LPR, with the goal of neutralising Ukraine's military capacity with precision strikes.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Russian Space Facilities, Satellites Secured Against Cyberattacks, Roscosmos Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The governance of the Russian space sector, satellites and Russia's segment of the International Space Station (ISS) are secured and isolated from cybercriminals, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). As West Slaps Another Package of Sanctions on Russia, Analyst Mulls Over Their Effectiveness. sputniknews.com Although Western sanctions did harm the Iranian economy, they failed to curb Tehran's nuclear drive. They also failed to result in the overthrow of the current Iranian leadership. Will the same scenario unfold in Russia?

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (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.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Google Bans Download of RT Mobile App in Ukraine on Kiev's Request. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Google has banned the download of the mobile application of the Russian RT channel in Ukraine at the request of Kiev, the broadcaster said on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). Timeline: Development of Russia-Ukraine conflict. ecns.cn The Russian Armed Forces have attacked multiple locations since Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized on Thursday morning "a special military operation" in Donbass.

Anonymous103 (2022-02-27). Battle For Kharkov: Street Fighting Began (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The fighting on the streets of Kharkov began in early hours of February 27. | Fighting in the Karkov outskirts lasted for almost the whole night. The head of the Kharkov Regional State Administration confirmed that Russian troops broke through the defense of the city. Kharkov police officials confirmed that numerous Russian groups have broken into the city. | On February 27, the Ministry of Defense Ministry reported that the 302nd anti-aircraft missile Regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equi…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). International Judo Federation Suspends Putin as Honorary President. sputniknews.com The federation's statement comes amid the continuing Russian military operation in Ukraine that was announced by President Putin on 24 February in order to protect the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine's breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). Xi, Putin hold phone conversation. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Friday held a phone conversation.

TASS (2022-02-27). G7 top diplomats to discuss Ukraine on Sunday. tass.com According to Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, G7 nations share common values and should continue their close coordination in connection with the situation in Ukraine…

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). China to seek political settlement of Ukraine issue: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China has always stood on the side of peace and justice and will continue to promote a political settlement of the Ukraine issue, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday.

TASS (2022-02-27). Elon Musk opens access to Starlink in Ukraine. tass.com "More terminals are en route," he wrote on Twitter…

TASS (2022-02-27). Authorities report fire at oil storage facility near Kiev. tass.com Vasilkov mayor Natalya Balasinovich also told Ukraine-24 that an oil storage facility was on fire in the city…

_____ (2022-02-27). War in Ukraine: What's Really Happening? strategic-culture.org Tim Kirby and Joaquin Flores explain.

TASS (2022-02-27). Special UN General Assembly session on Ukraine due on February 28 – source. tass.com Earlier, the United States requested holding a procedural vote of the UN Security Council on the issue…

TASS (2022-02-27). US requests holding UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Sunday. tass.com In accordance with the procedure, a UN Security Council chair is to appoint a meeting upon receiving the request…

WSWS (2022-02-26). "The US has been at war the entirety of our lives"—Students in the US denounce warmongering against Russia. wsws.org A high school student said: "It's pretty horrifying. The Cold War was called the Cold War because we didn't actually physically fight Russia. Now we're back to the threat of nuclear war; it seems almost unprecedented, the way that we're aggravating Russia."

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-26). Russia, Ukraine in 'Consultations' on Venue and Time for Negotiations. news.antiwar.com Ukraine and Russia Earlier in the day,

TASS (2022-02-26). Ukraine may discuss neutral status, security guarantees with Russia – Zelensky's office. tass.com "It will be, first of all, a detailed conversation about peace and ceasefire," Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the Ukrainian leader's chief of staff said…

sputniknews (2022-02-26). Russian Forces Have Destroyed 821 Ukrainian Military Targets, MoD Says. sputniknews.com On February 24, Russia announced a special military operation in order to protect the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) from the Ukrainian forces. As part of the operation, the Russian military will also "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine.

sputniknews (2022-02-26). Russian Envoy to UN Says Nationalists in Ukraine Using Civilians as Human Shields. sputniknews.com UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzia said nationalists in Ukraine are using civilians as human shields.

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-26). White House Asks Congress for $6.4 Billion for Ukraine Crisis. news.antiwar.com On Friday, the White House asked Congress for $6.4 billion for military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine and to help US allies in Europe to bolster their security in response to Russia's attack on Ukraine. | "In a recent conversation wit…

TASS (2022-02-26). Kiev must contain nationalists if it wants dialogue – LPR leader. tass.com Ukrainian presidential press secretary Sergey Nikoforov said earlier that President Vladimir Zelensky has accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal and is ready to negotiate peace and a ceasefire…

TASS (2022-02-26). Russian troops welcomed with flags in Ukraine's Melitopol. tass.com The Russian Defense Ministry reassured that Russian troops are not targeting Ukrainian cities, but are limited to surgically striking and incapacitating Ukrainian military infrastructure…

CODEPINK, more (2022-02-26). Saturday 2/26: No War in Ukraine! International Emergency Online Rally. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

WSWS (2022-02-26). NATO mobilizes troops as UK MPs, US congressmen call for air war against Russia. wsws.org Three days into the war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict is showing dangerous signs of spiraling into a much wider war.

JANET (2022-02-26). Berlin antiwar rally exposes Washington's lies. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto February 25, 2022 Despite gale warnings, the Berlin Peace Coordination drew a thousand people to a Feb. 18 antiwar rally on the Platz des 18. Mà§rz at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, under the slogans "Stop the media warmongering and NATO aggression policy" and "Disarmament and peace with Russia." Among the participants were members of the Left Party, the German Communist Party and the Friends of Nature. Left Party representative in Bundestag, Sevim Dagdelen, at Feb. 18 antiwar rally. Friko (Peace Coordination) Left Party member of the Bundestag, Sevim Dagdelen, to the cheers of the crowd…

Victoria Torres (2022-02-26). Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Exposes CNN Hypocrisy during Press Conference. orinocotribune.com Russian authorities have to constantly counter media manipulation when it comes to the current crisis in Ukraine and the Donbas. On Friday, February 25, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov exposed the hypocrisy of Western media in response to a CNN journalist during a video press conference. | During the conference, Minister Lavrov responded to a question by a CNN journalist and demonstrated the hypocrisy with which Western journalists have handled the Ukraine crisis and their supposed concern for the people of Ukraine and the Donbas. In the last eight years, as over 14,000 people in the Donbas died fr…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-26). Venezuela Criticizes NATO Attitude towards Ukraine Situation (Communiqué). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 25, 2022 (

teleSUR (2022-02-26). NATO's Encirclement of Russia Threatens Peace, Warns Venezuela. telesurenglish.net We reject NATO's determination to persecute, encircle, encircle and threaten the tranquillity and peace of the entire region," the minister said. | NATO, he stressed, has sought a conflict with Moscow with a dynamic "similar to the Cold War-era." | DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION | Far from providing solutions for peace, Plasencia said, NATO has become a "warlike forum". | RELATED: | Given this, the Venezuelan minister stressed that h…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-26). Ukraine border: German troops to join NATO battle group in Slovakia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersFebruary 25, 2022 Germany to send company of troops to Slovakia to join new NATO battlegroup Germany will send a company of troops to Slovakia that will build part of a new NATO battlegroup to be established there, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Friday. "We are working on quickly sending a company to …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-26). Video: U.S. attack helicopters arrive in Latvia. NATO Response Force activated. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com

Misión Verdad (2022-02-26). NATO Countries Have Supplied Weapons to Ukraine (Report). orinocotribune.com As the Russian military operation in Ukraine has neutralized most of the Ukrainian defense system, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, lamented that they have been left "on their own" despite the support of some nations. He now sees no guarantee of Ukraine finally joining NATO. | The Ukrainian president's speech seems directed at the position taken by the United States and the European Union, since neither of the two has expressed any disposition to a military confrontation with Russia. Both the EU and the US, as well as the UK, have only limited their scope of action to the application of "tough sancti…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-26). NATO, Hungary prepare for engagement with Russian forces on Ukrainian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily News HungaryFebruary 25, 2022 Servicemen in East Hungary undertaking humanitarian, military tasks Hungarian servicemen deployed in the east of the country are carrying out both humanitarian and military tasks, Defence Minister Tibor Benk≈ë said on Friday…. The minister said Hungary and NATO had plans in place in the event that the fighting would spread …

WSWS (2022-02-26). US-NATO war threats against Russia heighten geopolitical crisis in South Asia. wsws.org The Biden administration is ratcheting up pressure on India—which Washington has successfully harnessed to its campaign targeting China—to line up full-square behind the war drive against Moscow.

JANET (2022-02-26). France agrees to withdraw troops from Mali. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel February 25, 2022 President Emmanuel Macron of France announced that French troops will be pulling out of their bases in Gossi, Menaka and Gao, which are all in eastern Mali, near the three-border area with Niger and Burkina Faso. Local communities sent support and trucks to help move people and their belongings out of the beleaguered Tessit region. He made this announcement before a summit between the European Union and the African Union, Feb. 17 in Brussels. "We cannot remain militarily engaged alongside de facto authorities, whose strategy and hidden aims we do not share," Macron said, referring t…

_____ (2022-02-26). Whenever There's Militants, There's Turkey. journal-neo.org Turkey has recently been receiving a considerable amount of attention in the publications of various media outlets. However, much of the reporting revolves around the attitude of Ankara and the Turkish president himself towards various armed conflicts, where Turkey still plays a major role. One example of this is the Turkish leader's offer to mediate …

WSWS (2022-02-26). Canada imposes "severe" sanctions on Russia, puts 3,400 troops on stand-by for deployment to Europe. wsws.org From within Canada's political establishment, including the ostensibly "left" NDP, the only criticism of the Trudeau government's belligerence and war preparations against Russia is that the measures do not go far enough.

Peace in Europe coalition (2022-02-26). Peace Policy Instead of Escalation. indybay.org We call on the peace movement and all people interested in peace in Europe to participate in public actions, information booths, vigils, demonstrations and initiatives for these demands. | to stop the march into the abyss.

sputniknews (2022-02-26). Russian Space Agency Suspends Cooperation With Europe on Launches in Kourou Spaceport. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian space agency Roscosmos is suspending cooperation with Europe on launches from the Kourou cosmodrome and is recalling its employees from French Guiana in response to sanctions imposed by the European Union, the head of the agency, Dmitry Rogozin, said on Saturday.

Roy Landersen (2022-02-26). Defend the independence of Ukraine! Moscow out now! themilitant.com Russian President Vladimir Putin Feb. 21 declared that the Moscow-backed "People's Republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk set up in Ukraine in 2014 were independent countries and ordered Russian troops to go in as "peacekeepers." The Kremlin's invasion is backed by the largest military mobilization on the European continent since World War II. | "The Socialist Workers Party demands Moscow pull its tanks and troops out of Ukraine and respect the sovereignty of Ukraine," Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party leader and candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey, told the press the next day. "Sin…

WSWS (2022-02-26). Herd immunity in Northern Ireland: "My family has been torn apart" wsws.org "The moneymen in government don't care how many families suffer, as long as profits keep rolling and the economy is booming."

Partido por el Socialismo y la Liberación (2022-02-26). Declaración del PSL sobre la intervención militar de Rusia en Ucrania. liberationnews.org La operación militar rusa en Ucrania pone de manifiesto que el mundo ha llegado a una peligrosa bifurcación.

sputniknews (2022-02-26). REC Approves 12 Applications For Product Placement in Pavilions Abroad. sputniknews.com The meeting of the Expert Commission of the Russian Export Centre (part of VEB.RF) for the selection of applications from organisations for exhibiting agricultural products in pavilions abroad was held on 25 February, where applications from 12 companies were approved.

teleSUR (2022-02-26). Russia Blames Ukraine for Missile That Hit Building in Kiev. telesurenglish.net While media and social media reports attributed the attack to the Russian military, after assessing the damage to the infrastructure, it was found that it was hit by a Ukrainian projectile, when Ukraine was trying to repel a night attack. | Apartment building damaged after being hit by a missile, Kiev, Ukraine. Feb. 26, 2022.

WSWS (2022-02-26). The campaign against Russian conductor Valery Gergiev: Middle-class hysteria in the service of war. wsws.org The announcement by New York City's Carnegie Hall that Gergiev would no longer be conducting the Vienna Philharmonic on Friday is the product of war fever whipped up by the US government with the help of the pliant capitalist press.

TASS (2022-02-26). Russia vetoes UN Security Council resolution that condemns its operation in Ukraine. tass.com The draft resolution was supported by 11 countries while China, India and the UAE abstained…

WSWS (2022-02-26). Australia announces Ukraine military aid and condemns China. wsws.org The political establishment is doing everything it can to assist the Biden administration in exploiting Moscow's reactionary military operation to escalate the underlying US-led offensive against Russia and China.

sputniknews (2022-02-26). Russophobia in US Nears Cold War Levels, With 80% Seeing Moscow as Enemy – Poll. sputniknews.com In 2017, the White House and Pentagon outlined a new US global strategy, shifting away from the War on Terror and toward what they called "great power competition" with Russia and China. The documents accused Moscow and Beijing of trying to rewrite the US-centered post-Cold War international order.

WSWS (2022-02-26). German workers speak out on war in Ukraine: "The only war we need is the war against the Coronavirus!" wsws.org "Russians and Ukrainians have a common history. The vast majority of people certainly do not want a war, which at most will benefit the gas and oil magnates in West and East, the billionaires, arms dealers and oligarchs."

teleSUR (2022-02-26). LIVE: Russia To Reciprocate Sanctions Imposed by West. telesurenglish.net 18: 30 EST Update: | Russia To Reciprocate Sanctions Imposed by West | The Russian Federation announced that they plan to reciprocate and evaluate bilateral relations with those countries imposing measures on them. | 17: 30 EST Update: | West to Disconnect Russian Banks From S.W.I.F.T. System | Western Leaders of the United States, United Kingdom and Canada held discussions to issue the of Russia from S.W.I.F.T. interbank system. The decison to disconnect was agreed upon later this Saturday. | The German government announced that all Russian banks already subjected to Western sanctions will be excluded from S…

Jessica Corbett (2022-02-26). Hundreds of Anti-War Protesters Have Been Arrested Across Russia. truthout.org Hundreds of anti-war protesters were detained in Russia on Friday following over 1,800 The independent monitoring group OVD-Info…

teleSUR (2022-02-26). Ukraine and Russia May Discuss Ceasefire and Neutral Status. telesurenglish.net Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, has stated that Ukraine may discuss with Russia a ceasefire and a neutral status, along with a package of security guarantees, local media reported on Saturday. | RELATED: | "It will be, foremost, a detailed conversation about peace and a ceasefire. A neutral status with a clear package of security guarantees is an option that will probably also be on the table," the…

teleSUR (2022-02-26). Beijing Calls Russia's Security Concerns Legitimate. telesurenglish.net China's permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, who abstained during the vote on the draft resolution condemning Russia's military operation in Ukraine, called Russia's security concerns legitimate. | The United Nations Security Council votes on a draft resolution on Ukraine at the UN headquarters in New York, on Feb. 25, 2022.

Roots Action (2022-02-26). Press Release on Ukraine Hostilities by Roots Action. indybay.org The following statement was released by RootsAction.org at 1 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, February 24:…

UFCLP (2022-02-26). Saturday 2/26: United Fronts, The Working Class & The War In Ukraine- How To Defend Working People. indybay.org To join the panel: | us02web.zoom.us/j/81903904446?pwd=bG5XR0JjU2V4YnpvemFBVThMRjVRUT09…