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Several people were detained at rallies in support of Ukraine held in Tbilisi for opposing law enforcers, and for a poster with obscene language against the Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili.

Authorities of Sukhumi have accepted and accommodated about 100 refugees from Donbass; this is the only sign in Abkhazia of hostilities in Ukraine, journalists have pointed out.

Chechen fighters will go voluntarily to the hottest places in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. The events in Ukraine are just a chance for Kadyrov to show his loyalty to the Kremlin, Magomed Adamov, a political analyst, has noted.

Chingiz Akhmadov, the head of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company), has invited the critics of the head of Chechnya to come to Ukraine, where, according to his story, "Kadyrov people are in the Russian Army."

The persecution of human rights organizations is caused by authorities' struggle with the dissent, the participants in the press conference of the "International Memorial"* and the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"*, have stated.

Aslan Bzhaniya, the president of Abkhazia, has signed decrees recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) and instructed the government to start preparing for signing the treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with these republics.

Vladimir Zelensky, before he became the former president of Ukraine, should apologize to Vladimir Putin for the military conflict, states Ramzan Kadyrov. Today, the leader of Chechnya has gathered about 12,000 Chechen law enforcers and militaries on a square in Grozny.

A court returned a case against Ingush policeman Magomed Dolgiev for reconsideration at a complaint filed by a public prosecutor, who found a lenient sentence for refusing to disperse protesters in Magas.

Information about the presence of Chechen fighters in Ukraine looks reliable, says Dmitry Gudkov, FSB Colonel in reserve. He suggests that natives of Chechnya were entrusted with participating in assault on Kiev.

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.