Protesters also gather at the Russian Embassy in Kyiv to protest ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
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February 22, 2022 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The foreign ministers of European Union member states agree on a package of new sanctions against Russia.
Germany suspends the Nord Stream 2 project in response to Russia's recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states.
Health and environment
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces a citywide testing campaign due to surge of the cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. It is planned to test each citizen three times during the campaign.
International relations
The Russian parliament ratifies the friendship and cooperation treaties with the DPR and LPR, following Putin's request made the previous day.
The United States calls the Russian troop deployments in eastern Ukraine "an invasion".
Syria voices support for Russia's recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously passes a resolution declaring that Iraq is no longer required to pay out to victims of its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Iraq had paid out US$50 billion to 1.4 million claimants, including one claim to the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation that totaled US$14.7 billion, by the time of the resolution's passage.
Anti-war protesters gather at the Russian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, to oppose President Vladimir Putin's decision to send soldiers to separatist regions in Ukraine.
Law and crime
A public inquiry into the 2020 shootings in Nova Scotia, Canada, that killed 22 people is opened.
A South Korean state commission confirms that retreating North Korean soldiers murdered over 1,150 South Korean Christian civilians in the early stages of the Korean War due to a state anti-religion campaign.
Politics and elections
The secretary general of the People's Party, Teodoro GarcΓa Egea, resigns after a scandal over alleged spying on the President of the Community of Madrid Isabel DΓaz Ayuso.
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