: Notably, on February 22, 2022, the Luhanska power station in eastern Ukraine was attacked, marking one of the early strategic strikes on infrastructure before the broad invasion [1.4.1). Disinformation and Staged Footage
: Some videos purportedly showed Ukrainian saboteurs or shelling in Russian-held territory to provide a pretext for the invasion. 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 : Notably, on February 22, 2022, the Luhanska