diff --git a/src/components/contextmenus/UserContextMenu.jsx b/src/components/contextmenus/UserContextMenu.jsx
index 0f90d1d..4422e99 100644
--- a/src/components/contextmenus/UserContextMenu.jsx
+++ b/src/components/contextmenus/UserContextMenu.jsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   setUserBlock,
   setChatChannel,
 } from '../../actions';
+import { escapeMd } from '../../core/utils';
 
 const UserContextMenu = () => {
   const wrapperRef = useRef(null);
@@ -45,8 +46,9 @@ const UserContextMenu = () => {
         role="button"
         tabIndex={0}
         onClick={() => {
+          const ping = `@[${escapeMd(name)}](${uid})`;
           dispatch(
-            addToChatInputMessageAndFocus(windowId, `@[${name}](${uid}) `),
+            addToChatInputMessageAndFocus(windowId, ping),
           );
           close();
         }}
diff --git a/src/controls/PixelPainterControls.js b/src/controls/PixelPainterControls.js
index 8312e2e..cac5fb9 100644
--- a/src/controls/PixelPainterControls.js
+++ b/src/controls/PixelPainterControls.js
@@ -227,6 +227,16 @@ class PixelPlainterControls {
 
     const { canvasSize } = state.canvas;
     const [x, y] = cell;
+
+    // Luhansk redirection
+    if (x > 6937 && y > -10736 && x < 7193 && y < -10463) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
+      if (state.canvas.canvasId == 0) {
+        window.location.href = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--SwH0GCXU8';
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
     const maxCoords = canvasSize / 2;
     if (x < -maxCoords || x >= maxCoords || y < -maxCoords || y >= maxCoords) {
       return;
diff --git a/src/core/ChatProvider.js b/src/core/ChatProvider.js
index 0f1d457..ef22daa 100644
--- a/src/core/ChatProvider.js
+++ b/src/core/ChatProvider.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import ChatMessageBuffer from './ChatMessageBuffer';
 import socketEvents from '../socket/SocketEvents';
 import { cheapDetector } from './isProxy';
 import { DailyCron } from '../utils/cron';
+import { escapeMd } from './utils';
 import ttags from './ttag';
 
 import { USE_MAILER } from './config';
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ export class ChatProvider {
     const cmdArr = message.split(' ');
     const cmd = cmdArr[0].substring(1);
     const args = cmdArr.slice(1);
-    const initiator = `@[${user.getName()}](${user.id})`;
+    const initiator = `@[${escapeMd(user.getName())}](${user.id})`;
     switch (cmd) {
       case 'mute': {
         const timeMin = Number(args.slice(-1));
@@ -530,7 +531,7 @@ export class ChatProvider {
       return `Couldn't find user ${nameOrId}`;
     }
     const { name, id } = searchResult;
-    const userPing = `@[${name}](${id})`;
+    const userPing = `@[${escapeMd(name)}](${id})`;
 
     const key = `mute:${id}`;
     if (timeMin) {
@@ -574,7 +575,7 @@ export class ChatProvider {
       return `Couldn't find user ${nameOrId}`;
     }
     const { name, id } = searchResult;
-    const userPing = `@[${name}](${id})`;
+    const userPing = `@[${escapeMd(name)}](${id})`;
 
     const key = `mute:${id}`;
     const delKeys = await redis.del(key);
diff --git a/src/core/MString.js b/src/core/MString.js
index a2cc3f7..e9f397e 100644
--- a/src/core/MString.js
+++ b/src/core/MString.js
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ export default class MString {
     let yEnd = yStart;
     while (this.txt[yEnd] !== ']') {
       const chr = this.txt[yEnd];
+      if (chr === '\\') {
+        // escape character
+        yEnd += 2;
+        continue;
+      }
       if (yEnd >= this.txt.length
         || chr === '\n'
       ) {
diff --git a/src/core/utils.js b/src/core/utils.js
index 7656ba0..72f8570 100644
--- a/src/core/utils.js
+++ b/src/core/utils.js
@@ -315,6 +315,27 @@ export function setBrightness(hex, dark: boolean = false) {
   return `#${r.toString(16)}${g.toString(16)}${b.toString(16)}`;
 }
 
+/*
+ * escape string for use in markdown
+ */
+export function escapeMd(string) {
+  const toEscape = ['\\', '[', ']', '(', ')', '*', '~', '+', '_', '\n'];
+  let result = '';
+  let ss = 0;
+  for (let c = 0; c < string.length; c += 1) {
+    const chr = string[c];
+    if (toEscape.includes(chr)) {
+      result += `${string.slice(ss, c)}\\`;
+      ss = c;
+    }
+  }
+  if (ss === 0) {
+    return string;
+  }
+  result += string.slice(ss);
+  return result;
+}
+
 /*
  * escape string for use in regexp
  * @param string input string
diff --git a/src/routes/api/modtools.js b/src/routes/api/modtools.js
index fc4e749..fae0b3c 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/modtools.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/modtools.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import multer from 'multer';
 import CanvasCleaner from '../../core/CanvasCleaner';
 import chatProvider from '../../core/ChatProvider';
 import { getIPFromRequest } from '../../utils/ip';
+import { escapeMd } from '../../core/utils';
 import logger, { modtoolsLogger } from '../../core/logger';
 import {
   executeIPAction,
@@ -73,9 +74,9 @@ router.use(async (req, res, next) => {
 router.post('/', upload.single('image'), async (req, res, next) => {
   const aLogger = (text) => {
     const timeString = new Date().toLocaleTimeString();
-    const logText = `@[${req.user.regUser.name}](${req.user.id}) ${text}`;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+    const logText = `@[${escapeMd(req.user.regUser.name)}](${req.user.id}) ${text}`;
     modtoolsLogger.info(
-      // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
       `${timeString} | MODTOOLS> ${logText}`,
     );
     chatProvider.broadcastChatMessage(