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Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Tuesday, February 22nd,

and this is your FT News Briefing. Russia sends troops into Ukraine after recognizing two

separatist regions there. Then we hear about Peloton's Project Tin Man, the company's plan

to conceal rest to discover it on some of its exercise bikes. Finally, Russia could be facing

sanctions for its actions over Ukraine. How could that affect gas companies and consumers?

It's a big risk that Russia might respond to sanctions by weaponizing commodities by saying,

okay, you've sanctioned us, so we're now going to cut off gas supply completely, more significantly

reduced it, and that would have an immediate impact on prices and drive up costs for consumers.

I'm Joanna Gao, in for Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into Ukraine after recognizing two

Moscow-backed separatist regions. Putin directed Russia's military into rebel-held regions

of eastern Ukraine's Donbas border area on a so-called peacekeeping operation.

The troops look set to remain there indefinitely under draft agreements published by the Kremlin.

Putin made the decision after an angry, televised speech in which he cast doubts over Ukraine's

statehood and accused the West of using the country as a tool to destroy Russia.

Markets responded with alarm to the day's news. Russia's MoEC stock index closed down 10.5 percent.

It's steepest fall since Russia sees Crimea in 2014.

In September of last year, workers at Peloton's warehouses noticed something funny.

Paint was flaking off some of their exercise bikes.

It turned out that was because of rust on parts of the bike, like the inner frame of the seat

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