Bila Tserkva, Vasylkiv, Myronivka(13:40). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!
Kyiv, Dnipro, Cherkasy, Kramators’k(13:39). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!
Kyiv(13:34). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!
The White House: We saw an increase in Russian forces on the Ukrainian border
2 year agoUS readout of the @POTUS-@BorisJohnson call
The Secretary-General of the United Nations: The UN mission will continue its work in the Ukrainian capital
Ukraine's government has walked back Zelensky's comment and insists he was being "sarcastic" about naming the invasion date
US Sec of Def L. Austin to Belgium, Poland, and Lithuania tomorrow. "To discuss Russia's military buildup in and around Ukraine, reiterate the U.S. commitment to Article 5" - Pentagon
"There shouldn't be a need for evacuation assistance. There shouldn't be a need for people to have to flee their homeland" per @PentagonPresSec re Russia-Ukraine
Pentagon spokesman says he hasn't seen Zelensky's Facebok post but he is the president of Ukraine and can post on Facebook what he wants, when he wants
2 year agoUK to send "small number" of troops to Lithuania to support with intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance. It follows the deployment in December of small team to scout out what support UK military could offer at time of crisis for Lithuania with Belarus over migrant crossings
Downing Street says Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden agree there remains a "crucial window for diplomacy and for Russia to step back from its threats towards Ukraine"
Pentagon says Russia has 'added' forces to Ukraine border and is doing 'all the things you would expect him to do' to invade. Russia could invade with 'little to no warning'
2 year agoUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declares Feb. 16 - the day some say Russian forces plane to invade - as a national "Day of Unity . to strengthen the consolidation of Ukrainian society, strengthen its resilience in the face of growing hybrid threats
2 year agoUkrainian Armed forces downed drone with VOG-17 grenade near Maryinka
2 year ago.@StateDept Is suspending functions at @USEmbassyKyiv. "We are in the process of temporarily relocating our Embassy operations in Ukraine from our Embassy in Kyiv to Lviv due to the dramatic acceleration in the buildup of Russian forces," said @SecBlinken
France's foreign minister warns 'all elements' are in place for 'major offensive' by Russia against Ukraine
2 year agoFresh Sentinel-1 SAR-imagery of Sevastopol, at 1536z today, shows that a number of BLKFLT ships have gone to sea since yesterday. At least 4 x warships, 3-4 LSTs and prob 4 Tarantuls have left their moorings. Also several auxiliaries missing and Coast Guard pier is empty
2 year agoPlanet imagery acquired on 11FEB2021 showed that 11 x Su-25SM had relocated to Millervo east of Luhansk. The airbase hosts the 31 IAP which has been converting to the Su-30SM from the MIG-29 since 2015
2 year agoRAF C-17A Globemaster III about to begin its descent into Kyiv from RAF Brize Norton. Second flight to Kyiv in (just under) 24 hours
Russia boosted its forces on Ukraine border over weekend: Pentagon
NATO ambs met today in Brussels again about the situation in & around Ukraine. they were briefed that the "situation has not changed substantially compared to Friday". NATO def mins meet on Wed-Thu with the participation of def mins from Ukraine, Georgia, Sweden & Finland
UK PM @BorisJohnson warned that an attack on Ukraine could occur in the next 48 hours
Rep. Adam Smith on MSNBC, following briefing by NSA Sullivan: Number of personnel still at US Embassy Kyiv is "very small." "if the invasion comes, we don't really have any way to protect [Americans]. So we're down to a very small number in the U.S. Embassy right now," he says
Russia thought to have 100 Battalion Tactical Groups (BTG's) on the border with Ukraine, amount to over 60% of Russia BTG capability, with another 14 on the way
2 year agoToday, @SecBlinken spoke with @DmytroKuleba highlighting although the immediate priority of the US "is to support efforts to de-escalate the situation, any further military aggression by Russia against Ukraine will be met with a swift, coordinated, and forceful response
Ihor Klymenko: Starting February 14 to 19, National Police of Ukraine put on high alert to ensure security
2 year agoMinister of Defense of Poland: More U.S. F15 fighters have landed today at the base in Łask. 8 aircraft will join those that came to Poland last week
The World Bank is pulling its staff from Ukraine and suspending staff missions until further notice, according to Reuters
2 year agoForeign Minister of Poland heading to Moscow as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE
