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!
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.."
2 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
2 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
2 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
