21 February 2022

Monday 21 February

2022-02-21

Events

 * PM Boris Johnson announces in Parliament that all Covid restrictions will end in England on Thursday and free mass testing will stop from 01 April, as the "Living with COVID" plan is published (pdf here).


 * Storm Franklin hammers parts of the UK with strong winds and heavy rain. Storm Franklin is the third named storm in a week - following Dudley and Eunice - the first time this has happened since the storm-naming system was introduced in 2015.


 * Russian President Vladimir Putin announces recognition of the independence of two breakaway regions of Ukraine, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic located in the east of the country. which could allow him to move troops into Ukraine. The move is condemned by NATO and other Western countries.