❗️ Canadian PM Trudeau says threatens with additional actions to ‘stop Russia’s unwarranted aggression’

⚡️ Military infrastructure, air defence facilities, military airfields, and aviation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been disabled by high-precision weapons, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation says

❗️ President Zelensky said that Ukraine is introducing martial law

⚡️ Militias are fighting in the area of the city of Shchastia controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces - Adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR

⚡️ Boris Johnson, after a conversation with President Zelensky, said that Britain and its allies would "respond decisively" to the actions of Russia

‼️ The Russian armed forces are not carrying out any missile, air, or artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities

⚡️ Trump has called Russia's military operation in Donbass "a very sad event for the world" that should not have happened

❗️ Biden says G7 leaders, U.S. allies will impose severe sanctions on Russia

⚡️ On Thursday, the People's Militia of the LPR says it began artillery preparations and an operation to liberate temporarily occupied territories

❗️ Information from foreign media about a Russian plane allegedly shot down over Ukrainian territory does not correspond to reality, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation says

⚡️ Russian MoD: Ukrainian air defences are neutralised

Russian special military operation. The key points:

▪️ In a video message, President Putin announced the start of the operation, addressed the Ukrainian military, Russians, and "those who may be tempted to intervene in ongoing events";

▪️ The Russian Ministry of Defence told RIA Novosti that military infrastructure, air defence facilities, military airfields, and aviation of the Ukrainian military have been disabled by high-precision means - but Russian forces are not launching missile, air, or artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities, and not threatening the civilian population;

▪️ The people's militia of the LPR announced that it has begun artillery preparations and an operation to liberate temporarily occupied territories;

▪️ President Zelensky introduced martial law in Ukraine

▪️ Ukraine closed the nation's airspace to civilian aircraft, Russia closed the sky to civilian aircraft near the borders of Ukraine; flights to Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Anapa, Gelendzhik, Elista, Stavropol, Belgorod, Bryansk, Orel, Kursk, Voronezh, and Simferopol have been halted until 3:45 a.m. on March 2nd;

▪️ Lessons have been cancelled in schools in the Belgorod and Bryansk regions and Crimea near the Ukrainian border, kindergartens have been closed, in the Kursk region they are being transferred to distance learning.

⚡️ Russian MoD: Precision weapons neutralise only Ukrainian military infrastructure, air forces

⚡️ Lukashenko says Ukraine's military leadership was warned about possible special operation by Russia, but did not take any steps - Belta

📸 LPR artillery unleashes a flurry of attacks

🚨 Cannonade is heard in the centre of Lugansk

⚡️ President Lukashenko said that Kiev is losing and should make concessions to Moscow

❗️ Adviser to the head of the LPR Miroshnik: Ukraine is using "grads" to shell Lohvynove, the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination on ceasefire and stabilisation of the demarcation line has recorded 80 arrivals of "grad" missiles

⚡️ UK PM Johnson will address the nation today - ITV reporter

‼️ Kiev used rocket artillery for first time since February 2015 as it shelled LPR, Republic says

⚡️ President Lukashenko on Russia's special operation in Ukraine: There are no Belarusian troops there, but if there is a need for Minsk and Moscow, they will be