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!
2 year agoExplosion likely happened at compressor station north to Luhansk
2 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
2 year ago"More and more disinformation" being pushed out to the Russian public, says @POTUS
2 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"
2 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
2 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
2 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
2 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"
