1 year agoRussia has also put forward a large new helicopter deployment of at least 50 rotorcraft at Lida airfield, in northwestern Belarus, according to satellite images from Feb. 16. camera: @Maxar
1 year ago.@Maxar satellite images show 32 Su-25 ground attack aircraft helicopters, an S-400 air defense unit, ground force equipment & UAV/drone unit at Luninets airfield in Belarus, just 30 miles north of Ukraine border. from Feb. 14
1 year agoRussia has added a new helicopter unit and battle group deployment of tanks and other vehicles to Millerovo airfield, less than 10 miles from the Ukrainian border. Another new helo unit is also in Valuyki, less than 20 miles from Ukraine, per satellite photos. camera:@Maxar
Luhansk gas service says both explosions at gas pipeline caused by saboteurs
1 year agoBiden says he does not think Putin is "remotely contemplating" using nuclear weapons to attack Ukraine
Senior defense official tells @JenGriffinFNC About 40- 50% of Putin's troops have moved into attack position, about 10 - 15 km from Ukraine border. The destabilization campaign that we have been told would precede an invasion for several days "has begun," they said
"We must avoid the worst", Macron will talk Sunday with Putin - Elysée
1 year agoExplosion likely happened at compressor station north to Luhansk
1 year agoIn light of the significant deterioration of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, @OSCE Chairman-in-Office, FM @RauZbigniew and OSCE Secretary General @HelgaSchmid_SG made the following statement
"Ukrainian forces have shown great judgment and I might add, restraint" per @POTUS "They refuse to allow Russian forces to bate them into war" "But the fact remains, Russian troops currently have Ukraine surrounded"
"As of this moment I'm convinced he's made the decision," Biden says when asked whether he thinks Putin has decided to invade Ukraine
"We believe they will target Kyiv," Biden says outright about Russia's plans - says US believes it could happen "in the coming days"
Biden: In the past few days we have seen violations of the ceasefire in the Donbass region by Russian forces
It "defies basic logic" to think that Ukraine would choose this moment to escalate the conflict, given so many Russian troops are on their border, President Biden says
1 year ago"More and more disinformation" being pushed out to the Russian public, says @POTUS
1 year agoBiden said he called European leaders and members of Congress to discuss Ukraine. "Despite Russia's efforts to divide us at home and abroad, I can affirm that has not happened"
1 year agoUK says it believes Russia's GRU military intelligence agency was involved in a major cyber attack on Ukraine this week that hit defence ministry website & 2 banks in what Kyiv said was biggest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in Ukraine history. @FCDOGovUK statement
Jens Stoltenberg: Good call with @POTUS & transatlantic leaders on the ongoing security crisis in & around Ukraine. We continue our efforts to pursue diplomacy & agree that any further aggression from Russia will come at a high cost
1 year agoExplosion of gas pipeline reported in Verhunka, near Luhansk city
Joint Forces Operation: as of 10pm 65 ceasefire violations today, 51 with weapons prohibited by Minsk agreements
Psaki says President Joe Biden will remain in D.C. throughout the weekend while "closely monitoring developments in Ukraine." "Throughout next week, the President will continue close coordination with our allies and partners on Russia's potential further invasion of Ukraine"
Sky News understands that the UK ambassador to Ukraine is relocating from Kyiv to the western city of Lviv because of concern about the threat of a Russian invasion
Russian media reports 22kms long traffic jam of vehicle attempting to enter Russia from occupied parts of Donetsk region
France, Germany urge Russia to 'use influence' on Ukraine rebels for de-escalation: statement
High alert regime declared in the Rostov region "to receive refugees"
Putin signed a decree on calling of Russian military reserve for 2022 military training
1 year agoDeputy National Security Advisor and Deputy NEC Director Daleep Singh, at @WhiteHouse media briefing, US is prepared to impose export controls on Russia if it moves further into Ukraine "and it will become a pariah"
White House attributes DDoS attacks on Ukrainian organization this week to Russia's GRU - Anne Neuberger said it from White House podium just now
The US believes that Russian cyber actors likely have targeted the Ukrainian government, including military and critical infrastructure networks to collect intelligence and preposition to conduct disruptive cyber activities
White House: We provided Ukraine with help to bolster its cyber defenses
White House press briefing begins. National Security Council member says the U.S. government has been preparing for possible Russian cyber attacks since before Thanksgiving
New technical analysis from
@CERT_UA
of the DDoS and spam campaign on Ukrainian gov agencies and banks on Wednesday confirms what some private sector people have said: the Mirai botnet, which has been around for years, was used in the DDoS attack
Clashes reported this evening in Horlivka, small arms and artillery
1 year ago"Attorney-general" at occupied parts of Luhansk region Sergey Gorenko has published a video on his Instagram account showing him firing D-30 Howitzer with geolocation "Stanytsa Luhanska" and comment "evacuating people, standing on the border"
1 year ago6 residential house damaged as result of clashes in Trudivske village today
Ukrainian intelligence agency claims Russian special forces have placed explosives at objects of critical infrastructure in Donetsk, urges people to stay inside their residences
1 year agoA procession in memory of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred and fighters for Ukraine's independence is being held in Kyiv
1 year agoMetadata of video of head of the Russian occupation administration in the occupied part of the Luhansk region about the location of the file on the computer where it was stored: The name of the folder "Mongoose Throw"
Ukrainian intelligence urges people in Donetsk do not exit their residences and do not use public transportation
1 year agoHead of the occupation authorities in parts of Luhansk region posted a video about evacuation on the state news outlet, but the metadata shows that the file was created two days ago (Telegram retains metadata)
1 year agoFirst buses of residents of the Russian-occupied Donetsk left in direction of the Russian border
1 year agoAmid warnings of looming Russian air strike, Ukraine requested as recently as yesterday air defense capabilities from the US, including Anti-aircraft missile batteries, counter-fire radar systems, electronic jamming devices, and the MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system
President Biden called in to a meeting Vice President Harris held with members of Congress today in Munich, according to a person in the room, and reiterated the work the US &allies have been doing to try to prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine & update them on the situation
1 year agoZelensky spokesperson says Zelensky may revisit plan to travel to Munich: "The president is scheduled to depart tomorrow morning. If there is a dramatic escalation or some worrying messages then he might change his mind"
In Donetsk, local residents very confused and angry about the forced evacuation. Many say nothing is actually happening. What you see is staged
Eastern Ukraine evacuations are "cynical use" of people by Moscow, says US State Department
Head of occupation authorities in parts of Donetsk region of Ukraine says that situation is heading towards the war
The force scenario of liberation of occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions is not even considered - commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces Zaluzhny
1 year agoDefense Minister of Ukraine: today we got Javelins from our friends,neighbors&partners-Estonia
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told Baltic leaders that Washington is considering reinforcing their states militarily as Ukraine-Russia crisis grows, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Friday
1 year agoImage of burning car in Donetsk
Some big updates to the White House schedule today: President Biden will address the ongoing crisis in Ukraine at 4 p.m. following his call with allies at 2:30 p.m. and two top National Security Council officials will join Jen Psaki at the press briefing
1 year agoRussian state media reports explosion in central Donetsk near building of administration
Putin ordered the acting head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to go to the Rostov region to organize the reception of refugees from the Donbass
Occupation authorities in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions rejected the proposal of Ukraine to hold extraordinary meeting of Minsk contact group
Western official: The Ukraine/Russia crisis is now in the "most dangerous phase". An attack could happen with "very little or no notice"
1 year agoCivil defense sirens turned on in Donetsk
Kremlin’s spokesperson is not aware about evacuation to Rostov region
"I call every male person able to carry arms, to take arms",- Head of occupation authorities in parts of Luhansk region calls for mobilization
Head of occupation authorities in parts of Luhansk region calls for population to leave to Russia
1 year ago"This is not a Ukraine crisis. This is a Russia crisis." — @ABaerbock at MSC2022
For the first time in decades, we found ourselves on the verge of a conflict that could drag out the entire continent - Lukashenka
Lukashenka about escalation in Donbass: people are already ready to flee from there and may already be fleeing, this is not normal
Russian forces targeted UN humanitarian convoy near Schastia checkpoint
Today, @SecDef spoke with Russia Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu and "called for deescalation, the return of Russian forces surrounding Ukraine to their home bases, and a diplomatic resolution," according to @PentagonPresSec
Putin: all Kyiv needs to do is sit down at the negotiating table with representatives of Donbass and agree on political, military, economic and humanitarian measures to end the conflict
Dutch Defense Minister: NATO must be ready to respond quickly to developments on our eastern flank. NATO has therefore increased the readiness of the @NATO Response Force. This means that the readiness of parts of our armed forces will also be increased
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba: We categorically refute Russian disinformation reports on Ukraine's alleged offensive operations or acts of sabotage in chemical production facilities. Ukraine does not conduct or plan any such actions in the Donbas. We are fully committed to diplomatic conflict resolution only
Interfax reporting the plan to evacuate several hundreds of thousands of people from occupied parts of Donetsk region of Ukraine
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu and the head of the Pentagon discussed international security issues - Russian Defense Ministry
It's propaganda
"Zelensky to order offensive soon, Ukrainian army is prepared and is on combat alert", - Head of Occupation authorities in parts of Donetsk region
Head of Occupation authorities in parts of Donetsk region says there is an agreement with Russian Federation on evacuation of population to Rostov region
Head of Occupation authorities in parts of Donetsk region says population are leaving to Russia in mass starting today
It's propaganda
Occupation authorities in parts of Donetsk region claim that they’ve killed two members of saboteur group of Ukrainian army attempting to blow up cylinders with chlorine in Horlivka. Saboteurs were speaking Polish language
Axios on officials: Raising the level of emergency in the United States in anticipation of cyberattacks on infrastructure and hospitals
U.S. ambassador to OSCE says we assess that Russia probably has massed 169,000-190,000 personnel in and near Ukraine as compared with about 100,000 on Jan. 30
1 year agoTonight, wires were cut on Vodafone lines in 3 cities in Eastern Ukraine. Zero connection for few hours, was restored by morning @MVS_UA :"This is part of Russia's plan to destabilize situation in Ukraine. We must understand sabotage at communications facilities will continue"
Elysee: talks with the participation of Biden, Macron, Johnson, the presidents of Poland and Romania and the NATO Secretary General
Russia checks information that mercenaries are being recruited in Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina to be sent to Donbass - Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
1 year agoNew camp setup near Ukraine west to Valuyky
1 year agoDamage at 110kV substation near Horlivka
1 year ago.@SecDef L.Austin: NATO is stronger on the eastern flank and will remain so. There is still time for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine
1 year agoPolish Minister of Defense @mblaszczak with @SecDef: Our meeting is of particular importance, especially now, in the times of the international security crisis caused by Russia
1 year agoRussia is massing troops near Ukraine and questioning basic principles of the European peace order. At @MunSecConf we will work on how to counter the logic of threats of violence & military escalation with the logic of dialogue. - FM @ABaerbock
Putin discussed with Russian Security Council situation around Ukraine and Russian response to U.S. reply on security guarantees proposals - Kremlin's spokesperson
Number of Russian troops around Ukraine reaches 149,000: Kyiv
1 year agoImages of damage in Krasnohorivka after yesterday's shelling
Shelling in the area of Starohnativka and Hranitne
1 year agoMeeting is underway between Minister of Defense of Poland @mblaszczak with @SecDef L. Austin in Warsaw
Russian Defense Ministry: Air Space Forces, Southern Military district, strategic missile forces, Northern and Black Sea fleet will take part in Strategic nuclear exercise
1 year agoNear Bakhchysarai court Russian occupation authorities detained 15 person, who came to Dudakov case trial
Joint Forces Operation: 60 ceasefire violations yesterday. Novozvanivka was targeted with 152mm artillery. 2 Ukrainian servicemen were wounded
Northwestern Donetsk: shelling reported near Yasinuvata checkpoint
1 year agoVideo of BMP-1/2 IFV's from a train loading on flatbeds in Novozybkov, uploaded 9 hours ago geolocated at the train station 36km from Ukraine
Russia has agreed to the U.S. proposal for a Blinken-Lavrov meeting in Europe and suggested dates late next week. U.S. will proceed "provided there is no further invasion of Ukraine," State says
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
1 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
1 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
1 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
