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: Germany halted the certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and the US and UK began announcing initial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs.

: This date saw a significant increase in shelling and military activity along the "line of contact" in the Donbas region. Videos circulating at this time often depicted explosions, night-time tracer fire, or the movement of Russian military convoys toward the Ukrainian border. video_2022-02-22_00-06-10.mp4

: Metadata from some videos released around this time suggested they had been filmed days before their "live" broadcast, a tactic used to manufacture a sense of immediate crisis. Key Events on February 22 : Germany halted the certification of the Nord