The French Foreign Ministry: The situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border is very dangerous
European Commission chief hints at possible sanctions against Putin if he decides to invade Ukraine
For a second day in a row, top U.S. general Mark Milley spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart and "reaffirmed unwavering support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity," the Pentagon said
1 year agoThere's been a phone call today between @SecBlinken and his Russian counterpart, according to @StateDeptSpox
Russia recognition of Ukraine separatist regions would be 'attack without weapons': France
1 year agoPossible GPS interference for Wizzair W64603 Kharkiv-Larnaca
1 year agoUkrainian Minister of Defense:Very informative discussion with British colleague @BWallaceMP. We exchanged views on the results of his visit to Moscow & my call with the DefMinister of the Belarus. Our positions were synchronized before the meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Feb17
Paris: Macron and Biden agreed to verify the correctness of reports of the start of the Russian withdrawal from the borders of Ukraine
President Biden is expected to provide a status update on the ongoing situation in Ukraine at 3:30 p.m. today, per a person familiar
1 year agoUSAF Rivet Joint getting some work in over Ukraine, but only the western half. JAKE12 is RC-135V 64-14844 AE01C6
Ukraine's delegation to trilateral contact group seeks meeting after Russian parliament calls for recognition of occupied areas in Ukraine
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky. are deploying to Poland as part of the 3,000 additional troops that a senior defense official on Friday announced the Pentagon would send to the country, the Army tells
Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security of Ukraine confirms DDoS attack on two largest Ukrainian state banks: Oschadbank and Privatbank, and Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces websites
A White House Official says President Joe Biden talked with French President Macron by phone starting at 10:11a ET. That call lasted 49 minutes. They talked about Russian aggression
Website of Ukrainian ministry of defense is down
Estonian PM @kajakallas tells "We haven't seen any deescalation yet" by Russia. "We believe it when we see it but we don't see it right now," she says, echoing NATO Sec-Gen @jensstoltenberg
Users reporting issues with access to largest Ukrainian bank PrivatBank mobile application
Germany's @Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz after meeting with Russian President Putin, calls for courageous action from all, says it is our "damned duty" to stand up for peace
Amid Russian statements about redeploying forces, @SecBlinken speaking now to FM Lavrov, a State Dept official says
Asked by @dpa if Russia will withdraw troops from border and commit to not invade, Putin says "we will act according to the plan..and the plan depends on what happens on the ground.."
1 year agoA Russian invasion of Ukraine is "highly likely", but there's a possibility the current stalemate could endure for an "extended period", UK foreign secretary said in a letter to MPs. @trussliz said any invasion, though, could be imminent & happen with no or little warning
Putin, re Ukraine joining NATO: "We need to resolve this question now"
Putin, asked if Russian troop withdrawal will continue, says "who will be able to answer how it will develop? At the moment, nobody. It does not depend just on us."
President @AndrzejDuda: Ukraine should decide for itself which organizations it wants to belong to. It must not be allowed to violate Ukrainian sovereignty
Scholz: "If [war over Ukraine] does happen, it would have far-reaching consequences"
Scholz: "If we ignore the Minsk agreement and what was voted on today in the Russian parliament becomes reality, the process would end and that would be a disaster"
President @AndrzejDuda after cabinet meeting: We discussed the current situation in Poland in connection with what is happening in Ukraine. We discussed various scenarios, including the issue of refugees who might come. The main topic was securing PL for various variants
1 year agoPutin seems to say he won't confirm vote: "I've just been informed by my administration. Deputies follow public opinion. It's clear overwhelming majority sympathise with Donbass citizens. But need to resolve the problem that Donbass, but we need to do it via Minsk"
Scholz pushes back against Putin's remarks on Yugoslavia - says that was a response to "mass murder." Putin cuts in: "according to our estimates, what is happening today in Donbas is genocide
Putin: what is happening now in the Donbass is genocide
Yanukovych's lawsuit to the Verkhovna Rada: there will be no court hearing on February 16 - Court
Putin: Russia doesn't want war, that's why it put forward its security proposals
The US State Department: We are not sure of reports that Russia has withdrawn some of its forces from the borders of Ukraine
Russian President Putin says "there are mass violations of human rights being legitimised in Ukraine"
German Chancellor Scholz, standing next to Putin in Moscow, says it is urgent to have de-escalation so there is not a war in Europe
Scholz: I explained to the Russian President during the talks that the Russian military build-up on the borders of Ukraine is a threat
MINNEAPOLIS: House Fire - 45xx Camden Ave N - Engine 20 is arriving on a two story home with fire on the first floor. Crews area laying a hose line and conducting searches of the home
1 year agoDe-escalation rhetoric now from Putin: Although US & NATO responses "didn't answer Russia's concerns" they "contained ideas that we are not against discussing"
Putin: Western and American responses did not respond to Russian demands
Putin: "the three basic Russian requirements that were put forward have not been met"
Putin after talks with Scholz: Russia will continue gas supplies through Ukraine even after 2024, if there is demand and profitability
Large-scale issues with ATMs, application and online services of Ukrainian state bank Oschadbank
Occupation authorities in parts of Luhansk region claim prevented terror attack in central Luhansk city
Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: Russia’s recognition of the so-called “Donetsk and Luhansk peoples’ republics” will be tantamount to its deliberate withdrawal from the Minsk Agreements. We call on Moscow to take a constructive stance towards achieving progress in the framework of existing negotiation formats.
Top cybersecurity officials from the US Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have warned of potential attacks on American cyber infrastructure in concert with a physical Russian invasion of Ukraine: ABC
Japan is ready to extend at least $100 million in emergency loans to Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday, the Japanese government said in a summary of their phone call
1 year agoUSAF RC-135V Rivet Joint JAKE12 uncommon route heading south
Russian recognition of Donetsk/Luhansk regions "will be a blatant violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty.it will also be a violation of the Minsk agreements. So it will make it even harder to find a political solution," Stoltenberg says
On unprecedented levels of intelligence sharing, Stoltenberg says intelligence is "not always a prediction. Intelligence is information.we do this in an attempt to prevent aggressive actions against Ukraine
1 year agoA military camp was set up on the outskirts of Veselaya Lopan, a village in Belgorod region located 15 km from the Hoptivka border crossing. Medium resolution image of the camp
AP: Zero Hedge denied the claims on connection to Russian Intelligence and said it tries to "publish a wide spectrum of views that cover both sides of a given story"
AP: The officials said Zero Hedge, which has 1.2 million Twitter followers, published articles created by Moscow-controlled media that were then shared by outlets and people unaware of their nexus to Russian intelligence
Bottom line from NATO's @jensstoltenberg remains the same: Bucharest decision from 2008 on 'open door' policy stands
1 year agoUK intelligence on Russia-Ukraine border crisis 'not encouraging': PM
President Zelensky: Discussed with Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi the security challenges facing Ukraine and Europe today
Johnson: We will keep our embassy in Kyiv to show support for Ukraine, but the decision will remain under review
The accumulated troops enable Russia to launch an immediate invasion of Ukraine, assesses NATO's Secretary General. @jensstoltenberg emphasizes: Russia will pay a heavy price for possible aggression against Ukraine
AP: U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website Zero Hedge of amplifying Kremlin propaganda and alleged five media outlets targeting Ukrainians have taken direction from Russian spies
1 year agoNATO chief Stoltenberg says even if the current crisis over Russia's buildup declines, he expects "long-term consequences, long-term deterioration of the security architecture in Europe." In other words, NATO's reinforcement of its eastern flank will continue
1 year ago"Uragan" MLRS and other Russian military equipment was spotted today (15.02) in Mozyr district, moving in the direction of Lelchytsy (Gomel region, Belarus), which is located 10 km from the border with Ukraine
NATO Sec Gen says NATO has not received any response from Russia to the proposals it sent in late January
1 year agoNATO chief Stoltenberg says there are signals from Moscow that diplomacy should continue but that there have been no physical signs of de-escalation on the ground
1 year agoPolice detained 61y.o. man after fake bomb threat against Boryspil airport
Russia will not take part in today's OSCE Vienna Document meeting - Deputy FM Grushko
Lavrov: If Ukraine refuses to join NATO, many will breathe a sigh of relief, including in Europe
Lavrov: I hope the history of the OSCE mission in Kosovo, where its withdrawal was used as a trigger for NATO intervention, will not be repeated in Donbass
1 year agoTalks between Putin and Scholz began in the Kremlin
The State Duma voted for a draft resolution on the need to recognize the "LNR" and the "DNR" on the occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. Resolution will be sent to the president immediately, - speaker Volodin said
The military and armored vehicles that took part in the exercises in the Crimea are returning to their places of permanent deployment, - the press service of the Southern Military District reported
1 year agoBelarusian Ministry of Defense published images of exercise with Tochka ballistic missiles at Polesie in Homiel region
Customers of the biggest Ukrainian bank Privatbank receiving fake text messages on disabling of ATMs on February 15 due to technical reasons
NATO Secretary General and President of Azerbaijan discussed the situation in Ukraine and gas supplies to Europe
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Kuleba on the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the return of troops from the exercises: we'll see, then we'll believe
1 year agoOSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Zbigniew Rau meets Lavrov in Moscow
British Foreign Office warns of military operations by Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine within days
Criminal boss Ihor Dutka assassinated yesterday in Yaremche
Joint Forces Operation: 5 ceasefire violations yesterday, 2 Ukrainian servicemen wounded
1 year agoUkrainian Air Force Bayraktar TB2 UAV from Chuhuiv Air Base SE of Kharkiv tracked all the way west past Kyiv, passing near Chornobyl, near the Belarus border. Callsign 12345688
1 year agoUkrainian aircraft keeping an eye along Moldova/Transnistria border
Su-24 bombers and Su-27 fighters jets conducted exercise in Crimea - Black Sea Fleet
NATO defence ministers are expected this week to set in motion a plan that could establish four multinational battlegroups in southeastern Europe in response to Russia's military build-up in Ukraine
1 year agoRussian military build-up continues at the border of Ukraine: massive military activity filmed in Kursk region
1 year agoVia the State Dept: The US is offering a sovereign loan guarantee to Ukraine of up to $1 billion to support its economic reform agenda and continued engagement with the International Monetary Fund. It's being described as a reaffirmation of US commitment to Ukraine's economy
U.S. tells Americans in Belarus to 'leave immediately' due to Russia's military buildup along the Belarus-Ukraine border
Pentagon: U.S. military's top officer spoke to his Ukrainian counterpart today for the second time in five days
Canada approves sale of $7.8 in lethal military equipment to Ukraine. PM Trudeau says move being made in conjunction with U.S., UK and other allies in attempt to dissuade Russian aggression. Canada also offering additional $500M in loans, on top of $120M promise made last month
Kremlin Spokesman tells Russian President Putin is "willing to negotiate." He also said for Russia Ukraine is only part of a larger security issue. "it's a part of the bigger problem of security guarantees for Russia," Peskov said
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Prizrachnoye, Belgorod region
56 embassy personnel from Kyiv arrived Sunday via chartered flight to Dulles Airport, carrying with them the most of the classified materials from the embassy. Some other classified and classified systems were either destroyed or dismantled, as was the telecoms system
1 year agoRoyal Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III reg. ZZ175 RRR6812 RRR6813 is continuing from Kyiv Boryspil to Lviv Airport, both in Ukraine. Pictures by @EHSBspotter and @DannyLemckert over the Netherlands earlier today
The White House: We saw an increase in Russian forces on the Ukrainian border
1 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
1 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'
