(2022-02-26). War In Ukraine: Results Of The Second Day Of The Russian Operation. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Russian Defense Ministry has reported that a large number of weapons supplied by Western countries to Ukraine in the last few months have been seized. | Russian forces have taken out 211 military facilities of Ukraine's military infrastructure, including 17 control points and communication centers, 19 S-300 and "Osa" air defense systems, and 39 radar stations. Six combat aircraft, one helicopter and five unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down, and 67 tanks and other armored combat veh…
(2022-02-26). Saturday 2/26: No War in Ukraine! International Emergency Online Rally. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(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…
(2022-02-26). Wars hardly achieve their intended goal anymore. indybay.org The third Gulf War ended Saddam Hussein's rule but resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths, the emergence of IS, and a dramatic crash in living standards. Intervention in Libya succeeded in toppling Gaddafi, but turned Libya into a failed state.
(2022-02-26). The Shanghai Communiqué: Key to Peace — Pivot to Peace/CODEPINK Webinar. peacepivot.org Join Pivot to Peace and CODEPINK's China Is Not Our Enemy campaign this Sunday for a conversation with Xiangyu, Col. Ann Wright, Lauren Gonitzke and Pivot to Peace's K.J. Noh to better understand the Taiwan issue and how the U.S. can avoid war with China over Taiwan. When: February 27, 2022 at 6: 00pm — 7: 30pm …
(2022-02-25). Chris Hedges: Russia, Ukraine and the Chronicle of a War Foretold. mintpressnews.com 
After the fall of the Soviet Union, there was a near-universal understanding among political leaders that NATO expansion would be a foolish provocation against Russia. How naive we were to think the military-industrial complex would allow such sanity to prevail.
(2022-02-25). Ukrainian Peace Activist: My Country Has Become a Battlefield for Major Powers. End the War Now. democracynow.org 
As officials in Moscow threaten to replace the democratically elected Ukrainian government and Russian forces appear set to overpower Ukrainian defenses, is this the end of an independent Ukraine? We speak with Ukrainian peace activist Nina Potarska, who fled the country after Russian troops entered Ukraine on Thursday, even as her 11-year-old daughter with COVID-19 had to stay behind. She is participating in CodePink's international emergency online rally on Saturday to advocate against war and against NATO membership for Ukraine. "I feel that my country now is like a battlefield for all other countr…
(2022-02-25). UAE buys Chinese fighter jets, unveils first swarming drones. asiatimes.com 
The UAE announced this month plans to buy a dozen L15 light trainer-attack aircraft from China and unveiled its first swarming drones with AI technology, the Gulf state's latest effort to diversify its arms providers and bolster its defense industries. The UAE defense ministry announced it would sign a contract with the China National Aero-Technology …
(2022-02-25). UAE Edge Reveals Autonomous Suicide Drone Swarm System (Videos). southfront.org 
Screen grab from a video released by Edge Group. | On February 22, Halcon, a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) defense contractor Edge Group, unveiled an advanced autonomous suicide drone swarm system based on the Hunter 2-S suicide drone. | The system was showcased on the sideline of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference (UMEX) 2022 that's being held in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi. | The Hunter 2-S is part of the Hunter 2 series of drones. The drone has a maximum take-off weight of 8 kilograms,…
(2022-02-25). China to Impose Sanctions on US Companies Selling Arms to Taiwan. orinocotribune.com According to the South China Morning Post, this was revealed by the Chinese spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, who explained that the companies set to be sanctioned for selling weapons to the island are Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. | Two weeks ago, both companies approved a deal worth $100 million. These armaments would be destined fo…
(2022-02-25). Study Finds Possible Connection Between Chelyabinsk Meteor and Moon's Formation. sputniknews.com The explosion of the 66-foot-wide meteor over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on February 15, 2013, was powerful enough to set off devices for detecting nuclear weapons tests, as it generated a blast eight times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.
(2022-02-25). Kiev Regime Instigates Chaos In Ukraine's Capital (Videos 18+). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Near Kiev, the offensive stopped at the Irpen-Bucha line, fighting resumed by midnight. The north-western regions of the capital, the areas of Bucha, Irpen, Vorzel and Gostomel, are now the main battlefield. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Gostomel Airport remains under Russian control. | At the same time the level of insecurity in Kiev was significantly increased by the decision of the local authorities to distribute weapons to civilians. The military mainly did not ask for any docum…
(2022-02-25). Russian Paratroopers Take Control of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, MoD Says. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine, striving to demilitarise and de-Nazify the country amid Kiev's attacks against Donbass. Precision weapons were used to strike Ukrainian military infrastructure, including airfields and air defences.
