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Biden to host meeting on Ukraine on Friday with leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Britain, EU and NATO- Canadian pm's office
2 year agoUS State Dept issues readout of Sec State Antony Blinken's conversation today with Poland's foreign minister, Zbigniew Rau, re: Russia and Ukraine
2 year agoThe Times: British government officials said the situation had changed in the last 24 hours, and that Putin had made the decision to invade Ukraine
2 year ago"Union of volunteers of Donbas" gathering meeting in Moscow on 19th February
Some users in Kramatorsk, Lysychansk, Druzhkivka, Severodonetsk, Kostyantynivka report issues with Vodafone connection/mobile internet
2 year agoRussian MoD map showing the 291st Motorized Rifle regimentand 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade returning from Crimea to Chechnya and Dagestan. The 1st Tank Army unit is the 6th Independent Tank Brigade/47th Tank Division
2 year agoEn route from UN Security Council to Munich Security Conference, both focused on Ukraine, @SecBlinken had a call w UN envoy for Yemen
2 year agoImagery acquired by @capellaspace on 16FEB2021 shows loading/unloading activity of a Ropucha-class LST at Sevastopol
2 year agoCommander-in-chief of Ukrainian army Zaluzhny on possible evacuation in occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions says that Ukraine is not planning any offensive operation or targeting of civilians infrastructure. Says such preparations could suggest provocations
2 year ago.@thejointstaff's Gen Milley spoke with Britain's Chief of the Defense Staff Adm. Sir Tony Radakin
Nearly half of Russian forces massed near Ukraine are now within 30 miles (48 km) of the border, British sources say - Guardian
2 year agoHouse caught fire in Stanytsa Luhanska as result of shelling
2 year agoIntelligence gathering missions over Ukraine: -RAF RC-135W Rivet Joint ZZ664 orbiting over Ukraine near Belarus border. -RAF RC-135W Rivet Joint ZZ664 U-Turn over Poland -USAF RQ4 Global Hawk heading towards the Donbass
Ukraine will not negotiate with pro-Russian militants, because it is nonsense, said Zelensky
Reports of renewed shelling in the area of Stanytsa Luhanska and area of Lysychansk
2 year agoSelf-propelled artillery filmed today in Borki, Belgorod region
Blinken: Russia says it is drawing down those forces. We don't see that happening on the ground. Our information indicates clearly that these forces including ground troops, aircraft, ships are preparing to launch an attack against Ukraine in the coming DAYS
British Minister of State: We condemn the proposal of the Russian State Duma to recognize the independence of the regions of eastern Ukraine
British Minister of State for Europe and North America: Russia has fabricated a dispute in the Donbass and continues to fuel it
Blinken says he invited Russian foreign minister Lavrov to meet next week to "discuss the steps that we can take to resolve this crisis without conflict." Alongside meetings at NATO-Russia Council and OSCE
Sec Blinken says he is laying out in detail what the US is seeing to push Russia to abandon the path of war & US will be "relieved if Russia does not invade Ukraine and US "will gladly accept any criticism" if there is not an invasion
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken says Russia's military buildup of 'more' than 150,000 troops on Ukraine's border is a 'manufactured provocation'
Blinken: "I am here today not to start a war, but to prevent one. The information I presented here is validated by what we've seen unfolding in plain sight before our eyes for months”
Blinken: "Russia may describe this event as ethnic cleansing or a genocide, making a mockery of a concept that we in this chamber do not take light, nor do I take lightly based on my family history”
At the UNSC, Russian deputy foreign minister urges U.S. not to put itself in an "awkward position" by continuing to make "baseless accusations" about Ukrainian invasion. Speaking immediately after, Blinken says this is "a moment of peril" as Russia prepares for war
2 year ago"The most immediate threat to peace and security is Russia's looming aggression against Ukraine," @SecBlinken told @UN Security Council
"This crisis directly affects every member of this council and every country in the world," @SecBlinken says at the UN
