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 ago.@SecBlinken has arrived in Kyiv
2 year agoUkrainian border guards have begun to install additional wire fences on the border with the Republic of Belarus
2 year ago6th C-17 heading out from RAF Brize Norton heading towards Kyiv with a weapons shipment of anti-tank guided missiles or military supervisors
2 year agoIn a phone call @POTUS and @niinisto "discussed their shared concern over Russia's unprovoked military build-up on Ukraine's borders," according to the @WhiteHouse
2 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Khoiniki, Belarus
2 year agoBen Wallace: Good to catch up with my Latvian counterpart and good friend Artis Pabriks @pabriks in Riga tonight. We discussed many important issues from Nato, Ukraine and enhancing the JEF
CISA tells US businesses/orgs: "If working with Ukrainian organizations, take extra care to monitor, inspect, and isolate traffic from those organizations; closely review access controls for that traffic”
U.S. official says this is a 'moment of decision-making' for Lukashenka and his supporters about the future of Belarus' sovereignty
"We continue to be mindful of indications the Russians will look for opportunities for what we call falseflags, to create the appearance of or an impetus for a pretext for them to launch an invasion" per @PentagonPresSec "What we talked abt last week we still believe is valid"
"1 of the things that we were willing to talk to the Russian s abt was changing the scale & scope of our exercises if & only if there was going to be reciprocity on the Russian side" per @PentagonPresSec "We see no signs of de-escalation" re Ukraine
2 year ago.@SecBlinken heading to Kyiv for talks on Ukraine crisis, followed by meeting with Lavrov in Geneva
2 year agoEarlier today, ten ISR aircraft from multiple NATO members flew over the Baltics and Ukraine: USN P-8A (PK18x) US Army RC-12Xs (YANK01 & YANK03) USAF RC-135W (JAKE11) USAF E-8C (REDEYE6) RAF P-8A (GURNY01) RAF RC-135W (RRR7205) Swedish S100D (SVF604) Swedish S102B (SVF623) Norwegian 20ECM (NOW717H)
German P-3C (GNY4500).
2 year agoUkraine's Defense Ministry confirms it has already received a shipment of "light anti-tank weapons" provided by United Kingdom
2 year agoThe United Kingdom handed over light anti-tank weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Officials at the UK Foreign Office have been told to be ready to move into "crisis mode" at very short notice
FM of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: Years of Russian aggression have taught us one thing: escalations are always accompanied by heating up the information space. The aim is to weaken us from within. Don't buy scaremongering. Army & diplomacy are protecting Ukraine. Ukrainians win with a warm heart and a cool head
Russia-Ukraine "We're going to continue to look for ways to help Ukraine defend itself" but no new announcements on assistance, per @PentagonPresSec "We're going to continue to watch the situation on the ground" he says, adding no changes to Florida Nat'l Guard presence
Poland's prime minister raises nationwide cybersecurity terror threat alarm after cyberattack on Ukraine
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly condemned Russia massing troops near Ukraine's borders on Tuesday and said Ottawa would take a decision at the appropriate time on supplying military hardware to Ukraine
2 year ago"No option is off the table" if Russia "further invades Ukraine," @PressSec tells @WhiteHouse reporters. "We're now at a stage where Russia at any time could launch an attack on Ukraine
US Department of State: Today, @SecBlinken and Spanish Foreign Minister @jmalbares met to reaffirm the strong U.S.-Spain partnership, encourage efforts to stop further Russian aggression, and expand U.S-Spain collaboration in Latin America
Senior State Dept Official: "Russia has two choices: diplomacy and de-escalation, or escalation and massive consequencesThe United States remains committed to diplomacy and believes it is the best and most responsible way forward
.@statedept official acknowledges recent movement of Russian troops into Belarus affects timeline for potential incursion: "And let's be clear: this is extremely dangerous. We are now at a stage where Russia could at any point launch an attack on Ukraine."
Secretary of State Blinken will meet in Geneva on Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov following Blinken's travel to Kyiv & Berlin. The Lavrov meeting resulted from their call this morning and "suggests that perhaps diplomacy is not dead," a Senior State Dept official said
2 year agoThe fifth RAF C17 (RRR6894) en route to Kyiv supplying Ukraine with light anti-tank weapons
While in Kyiv, Secretary Blinken "will also meet with the employees and families of the U.S. Embassy to communicate the Department's efforts to plan for contingencies, should Russia choose to escalate further
2 year agoSec Gen Stoltenberg says NATO has information confirming US claims of a "significant Russian presence of intelligence officers or operatives inside Ukraine." He says it's "absolutely possible" they're planning "incidents, accidents, false flag operations
