Top Tweets for #29Feb

A major blow to the shadow fleet: in the North Sea, our French Navy helicopters helped last night in the boarding by Belgian forces of an oil tanker under international sanctions. Europeans are determined to cut off the sources of funding for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine by enforcing sanctions.

The attack and killing of Iran’s supreme leader is a grave violation of Iran’s sovereignty and security. It tramples on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and basic norms in international relations. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns it. We urge for an immediate stop to the military operations, no further escalation of the tense situation and joint effort to maintain peace and stability in the Middle East and the world at large.

Netanyahu released an AI-generated message in Persian addressing the Iranian people, saying Israel will soon strike “thousands of targets” tied to Iran’s regime and urging citizens to “not miss this opportunity” to “take to the streets” and “overthrow the regime of terror.” “The help you wished for has arrived.”