3 years agoBila Tserkva, Vasylkiv, Myronivka(13:40). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!
3 years agoKyiv, Dnipro, Cherkasy, Kramators’k(13:39). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!
3 years agoKyiv(13:34). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!
3 years agoAsked 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.."
3 years 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
3 years agoPutin, re Ukraine joining NATO: "We need to resolve this question now"
3 years agoPutin, 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."
3 years agoPresident @AndrzejDuda: Ukraine should decide for itself which organizations it wants to belong to. It must not be allowed to violate Ukrainian sovereignty
3 years agoScholz: "If [war over Ukraine] does happen, it would have far-reaching consequences"
3 years agoScholz: "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"
3 years agoPresident @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
3 years 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"
3 years agoScholz 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
3 years agoPutin: what is happening now in the Donbass is genocide
3 years agoYanukovych's lawsuit to the Verkhovna Rada: there will be no court hearing on February 16 - Court
3 years agoPutin: Russia doesn't want war, that's why it put forward its security proposals
3 years agoThe US State Department: We are not sure of reports that Russia has withdrawn some of its forces from the borders of Ukraine
3 years agoRussian President Putin says "there are mass violations of human rights being legitimised in Ukraine"
3 years agoGerman Chancellor Scholz, standing next to Putin in Moscow, says it is urgent to have de-escalation so there is not a war in Europe
3 years agoScholz: I explained to the Russian President during the talks that the Russian military build-up on the borders of Ukraine is a threat
3 years agoMINNEAPOLIS: 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
3 years 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"
3 years agoPutin: Western and American responses did not respond to Russian demands
3 years agoPutin: "the three basic Russian requirements that were put forward have not been met"
3 years agoPutin after talks with Scholz: Russia will continue gas supplies through Ukraine even after 2024, if there is demand and profitability
3 years agoLarge-scale issues with ATMs, application and online services of Ukrainian state bank Oschadbank
3 years agoOccupation authorities in parts of Luhansk region claim prevented terror attack in central Luhansk city
3 years agoSpokesperson 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.
3 years agoTop 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
3 years agoJapan 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