The provided transcript appears to be a detailed timeline of the events leading up to and during the first two days of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here is a concise summary:
* On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Security Council to discuss recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in Ukraine.
* Putin declared the independence of the breakaway republics and demanded that Ukraine "stop the hostilities at once."
* On February 22, the Russian Foreign Ministry ordered the evacuation of its embassy and consulates from Ukraine, citing alleged threats.
* On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with troops entering the country from multiple directions.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared martial law and called for international support.
* The invasion was widely condemned by the international community, with the United States and European Union imposing sanctions on Russia.
* The first two days of the war saw intense fighting, with multiple cities and towns under attack, and hundreds of people killed or injured.
* The war marked a significant escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which had been ongoing since 2014.
The transcript also provides insight into the Russian government's rhetoric and justification for the invasion, including claims that the Ukrainian government was responsible for "genocide" and "torture" against Russian-speaking populations in Ukraine.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. On February 21, the former Ponzi scheme executive and then-DPR leader Denis Pushilin asked Putin to recognize the independence of the DPR.
2. The LPR head, Leonid Pasechnik, also asked Putin to recognize the independence and sovereignty of the LPR.
3. Neither Pushilin nor Pasechnik asked Putin for an armed invasion or constitutional annexation of the breakaway republics to Russia.
4. Putin opened the Security Council meeting by saying that the key job was to "ensure the country's sustainable, positive, and peaceful development."
5. Putin stated that under no circumstances could Ukraine join NATO.
6. Putin recognized the independence of the breakaway republics in a televised statement on February 21.
7. Putin demanded that Ukraine "stop the hostilities at once" and warned that the Ukrainian regime would be responsible for any bloodshed.
8. The Kremlin released treaties signed with the DPR and LPR on February 22.
9. The Biden administration ordered Ukrainian embassy staff to relocate from Lviv to Poland on February 22.
10. The British PM Boris Johnson informed Zelenskyy that the invasion might begin in a matter of days, if not hours, on February 22.
11. The State Duma was gearing up to ratify the treaties with the DPR and LPR on February 22.
12. Putin laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on February 23.
13. The Ukrainian Security Council decided against martial law on February 23 to avoid provoking Moscow.
14. Putin sent a note on the use of armed forces abroad to the Federation Council on February 23.
15. The Russian military convoys closed in on the Milove checkpoint in the Luhansk Region on February 24.
16. Antony Blinken told NBC that Russia would invade Ukraine before dawn on February 24.
17. Russian missiles struck the town of Schastia, Luhansk Region, on February 24.
18. The Russian troops entered Ukraine using the Belarusian border checkpoint, Three Sisters, on February 24.
19. The U.N. was hosting an emergency Security Council meeting on February 24.
20. Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.N. Security Council in what was his last pre-war address on February 24.
21. Russian missiles struck the city of Dnipro on February 24.
22. Nebenzya asked Kyslytsya to refrain from using the word "war" and instead call it a "special military operation" on February 24.
23. Kyslytsya once again asked Nebenzya to call Putin and Lavrov to stop the invasion and called them war criminals on February 24.
24. Putin told the media that the Minsk agreements were done with on February 22.
25. The Russian military hoisted Russia's flag over the Kakhovka power plant on February 24.
26. The Russian military broke into the Chernobyl NPP on February 24.
27. Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the largest-ever sanctions package on February 24.
28. The Ukrainian military blew up a dam in the Kharkiv Region to halt the Russian advance on February 24.
29. The Ukrainian military blew up the bridge over the Oskil river to slow down the Russian offensive on February 24.
30. The Russian propagandists recapped day one of the war they called a "special operation" on February 24.
31. Zelenskyy started a full-scale conscription drive on February 25.
32. The Ukrainian border patrol personnel on Snake Island who had declined to surrender to the Russian warship were killed, but later turned out to be POWs.
33. The Russian TV was trying to convince Ukrainians to sit it all out and not prevent Russia from helping them on February 25.
34. The first Ukrainian refugees arrived in Przemyśl, Poland, on February 25.
35. The battle of Mariupol got underway in eastern Ukraine on February 25.
36. Today, it's day 730 since Russia started the so-called "special operation," a full-scale war on Ukraine.