The RECC’E - DAY 59 | 02.28.22 | 💙💛

Day 59 / 365

9YEARS ago today the brains of two rats were successfully connected so that they could share information; it drastically improved problem solving performance in untrained rats sent information by their trained counterparts.

RECC’E OF THE DAY

352UKRAINIAN civilian deaths - of which at least 14 are children - have been reported along with 1684 injured; an estimated 4300 Russian troops have been killed or injured. Moscow has lost 146 tanks, 27 aircraft and 26 helicopters so far. 

368kREFUGEES have fled Ukraine thus far as Putin confirms he is moving nuclear deterrent forces to high alert. Delegations from Ukraine and Russia are due to meet on the Belarus border shortly. 

€100bnUPLIFT for Germany’s military as the country sharply increases its spending on defence to more than 2% of its economic output to protect its "freedom and democracy" in the wake of Russia’s invasion. The EU has now shut its airspace to Russian aircraft.

10HOURS and 27 minutes after Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister issued an extraordinary social media plea to Elon Musk to allow his country to access Musk’s Starlink internet satellite network, Musk tweeted back that it was done, guaranteeing internet access for people of Ukraine after authorisations and certifications were expediated.

2TWEETS is all it took Elon Musk to further silence Russian threats only hours after deploying Starlink. A statement from the Russia’s Space Chief read 'If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States and Europe?'. Musk replied “SpaceX” and when a Twitter user asked the billionaire if this meant SpaceX would keep the ISS from falling onto Earth, Musk simply replied “Yes”.

$3bnREPAIRS required for the worlds largest cargo plane after it’s allegedly burnt in Gostomel airport following a Russian shell attack. This is a key base near Kyiv that could be crucial to Russia getting more weapons into Ukraine.

19.75%BP shareholding in Russian oil company ‘Rosneft’s’ net income, production and reserves will no longer be recognised by the global brand as it walks away from billions stating it is prioritising “the right thing to do”.

42MEXCHANGES across more than 200 countries take place daily for The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). Now a coalition of NATO-aligned countries has committed to new measures meant to sever Russia from this global financial system.

$95IS THE MEDIAN donation of cryptocurrency analysts say has so far been gifted to the Ukrainian war effort through anonymous Bitcoin donations; the total has now surpassed $13.7m (£10.2m). More than 4,000 donations have been made so far, with one unknown donor gifting Bitcoin worth $3m to an NGO. Two cryptocurrency wallets posted on Twitter by the Ukrainian Govenrment collected $5.4m in Bitcoin, Ether and other coins within eight hours.

3.25MILE LONG convoy of hundreds of Russian military vehicles been observed on satellite imagery approximately 40 miles outside of Kyiv heading directly toward city as day 4 of the invasion comes to an end with the Russians failing to make significant advances into the capital. 

195kPEOPLE have now joined a Telegram group initiated by the Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister set up to corral developers to join the “IT Army of Ukraine” where amateur hackers can be tasked with specific cyber challenges to help fight this invasion from the virtual world.

NEED-TO-KNOW

11PEOPLE are dead and more than 400 reported injured after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra. More than 13,000 people have left their homes with an estimated 1,400 houses damaged. The region is located in the "ring of Fire", an arc of volcanoes which surrounds much of the Pacific ocean and makes up more than 90% of the world earthquakes.

8thROUND of weapons tests for North Korea now this year and the latest launch was the first since January when the nuclear-armed country fired off a record number of missiles for a single month. North Korea has alleged the latest launch was for the development of a reconnaissance satellite system.

1YEAR after Australia’s media code was introduced - following the country demanding Google and Facebook pay to compensate its news organisations - Google now has 19 content deals with media outlets across the region and Facebook has 11. Other countries around the world are now looking at how to follow suit.

SHOULD-KNOW

40%OF 7000 YouTube videos studied by researchers in relation to AI automated transcription of YouTube shows aimed at children were found to contain 'inappropriate' words in captions. The AI listens to the audio but often mis-hears words that humans might easily understand; examples included corn as porn, beach as bitch and brave as rape. 

259DAYS since Danish soccer star Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest while playing for his country in the European championships he has made his return to competitive football coming on as a substitute in the English premier league.

SIGN-OFF STAT

21.3mMORE people live in Bangladesh than Russia, despite Russia being roughly 115 times larger. Bangladesh is the eighth most populous country in the world.

  

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