Completion Date: 02 March 2022
Medium: Paint & ink on acid-free mount-board
Dimensions: 20 x 30 inches
News headlines and random thoughts spanning the month of February 2022.
01 Feb
S&P500: 4,515
Bitcoin: 38,491
CO2: 418.78
FTSE100: 7,464
USD/EUR: 1.12
Biden: 41.8
28 Feb
S&P500: 4,338
Bitcoin: 39,312
CO2: 419.63
FTSE100: 7,393
USD/EUR: 1.11
Biden: 40.5
01 Feb
Angry U.S.-Russia exchange at U.N.
02 Feb
Putin signals openness to diplomacy while blaming U.S. for crisis
03 Feb
IS leader Al-Qurashi killed by U.S. special forces in NW Syria.
04 Feb
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics start.
05 Feb
India surpasses 500,000 deaths from COVID-19 (3rd country after US & Brazil).
06 Feb
Queen Elizabeth II becomes first British monarch to reign for 70 years.
07 Feb
US will end Russia pipeline if Ukraine invaded.
08 Feb
Protests paralyse Canada’s capital
09 Feb
Masks come off in more states
10 feb
Australia lists koala as endangered species
12 Feb
A dozen nations tell citizens to leave Ukraine
13 Feb
Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia in 24 hours
14 Feb
Russia claims some troop pullback
15 Feb
Putin says Russia does not want war
16 Feb
Russian troop withdrawal claim false – US
17 Feb
Ukraine tensions spike
18 Feb
Artillery exchanges in E-Ukraine may presage invasion, U.S. warns
19 Feb
Ottawa police clash with protesters
20 Feb
Biden agrees in principle to summit with Putin
21 Feb
Russia recognises Ukraine separatist regions as independent states
Russia sends “peacekeeping” troops into E-Ukraine
22 Feb
Germany halts pipeline as nations sanction Russia
US unloads significant new sanctions on Russia
23 Feb
Russia attacks Ukraine
24 Feb
Russian forces push towards capital
25 Feb
Russia batters Ukraine with artillery strikes as West condemns invasion
26 Feb
Russia bombards Kyiv in renewed night assault
27 Feb
Ukraine agrees to talks with Russia
28 Feb
Talks fail
Fighting escalates
