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Georgia will not join the financial and economic sanctions of the West against Russia imposed in connection with the conflict in Ukraine, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announces amid the preparation by the European Union of the second package of sanctions against Russia.

Hostilities entail grief and devastation; interstate conflicts should be resolved not by soldiers, but by politicians through diplomacy, Instagram users have pointed out in their comments to the posts about sending militaries from Chechnya to Ukraine.

The situation in Ukraine should be resolved through diplomacy in accordance with the norms of the international law, including respect for states' sovereignty and borders' inviolability of, Araz Azimov, a Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, has stated.

Experts have disagreed on whether Vladimir Putin had warned Ilham Aliev at their meeting in Moscow about an imminent attack on Ukraine. Aliev is forced to take into account the Russia's position, since there is a Russian military contingent in Karabakh, analysts report.

In Tbilisi, about 10,000 residents took part in the protest action against Russia's military operation in Ukraine. The Georgian authorities have expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian ones; and Georgian activists took to social media to criticize the Kremlin.

A video footage from the aircraft reporting on the imminent landing and a photo with Chechen law enforcers praying in the forest were posted on the Instagram, accompanied by Ramzan Kadyrov's voice. The video appeared on the eve of the announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin about a special operation in Ukraine.

A mourning rally on the 78th anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation was held on February 23 in Nazran, while the events dedicated to the Fatherland Defender Day were held in Malgobek.

A court in Krasnodar denied compensation to Natalia Zagudaeva, a resident of the city of Belorechensk, whose child was killed in 1999 during the shelling of Grozny by federal troops. Her defence has called the ruling a gross violation of the presidential decree.

The special operation is aimed at taking control over the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions, but the possibility of further advancement deep into Ukraine cannot be ruled out, experts have stated.

The head of Chechnya had no information about the upcoming special operation in Ukraine, but he has perceived trends from the Kremlin, which dictated his statements on the Ukrainian issue, Alexei Malashenko and Dmitry Oreshkin, political analysts, believe.

On February 23, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, refrained from marking the anniversary of Chechens' deportation by means of public actions in order "not to strain the situation," experts believe.

At a rally in front of the Russian Embassy, members of the European Party of Armenia demanded to stop the aggression in Ukraine. The participants of the protest action supported the decision of the Armenian authorities not to consider the issue of independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.

Two activists held a protest action in front of the Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan calling for an end to the aggression in Ukraine. The activists demanded from the Azerbaijani authorities to break the alliance agreement with Russia. Activist Elman Guliev, who planned to hand over the text of the appeal to the Russian Embassy, was detained by the police.

The troops of South Ossetia declared a combat alert in connection with the situation in Ukraine. All subdivisions of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) should stay in barracks, being ready to move to the areas of concentration, announces Anatoly Bibilov, President of South Ossetia.

At a rally in Tbilisi, members of the “United National Movement” Party and activists expressed their solidarity with the people of Ukraine and demanded the reaction of the Georgian authorities to the Russian special military operation.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has partially satisfied the complaint lodged by the journalist Polad Aslanov. His sentence was reduced from 16 to 13 years in prison.

The Russian online cinema "Premier" has released the first part of a documentary about the torture by policemen of Artyom Danilov, a resident of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory).

Ukrainian authorities have decided to terminate diplomatic relations with Russia, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has stated.

The Russian Armed Forces have launched a military operation in connection with the situation in the Donbass, Vladimir Putin has stated. He compared the operation to the campaign against terrorists in Northern Caucasus in the early 2000s.

The issue of recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) is not on Armenia's agenda, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.