In her speech at MSC2022, @vonderleyen vividly illustrated the consequences a Russian invasion of Ukraine would have. @EU_Commission Watch the full panel:
Civil defense sirens alarming in Luhansk
1 year agoIskander-M short-range ballistic missile systems in Lipetsk. Considering the movement of Iskander systems recently, it is possible Russia has 5 or more brigades near Ukraine
Joint Forces Operation: 136 ceasefire violations yesterday. 2 Ukrainian servicemen killed, 5 wounded
Schastia checkpoint suspended work due to repeated shellings
Elysee: Any miscalculation from any side will ignite the situation in Ukraine
Elysee: We have indications that Russia is preparing to deploy additional forces in the Donbass region
Shelling with 152mm artillery reported in Butivka-Opytne area, N-W to Donetsk city
Multiple explosions heard in centre of Donetsk: Reuters
All signs suggest Russia plans 'full-fledged' attack on Ukraine: NATO chief
President Zelensky: Had an urgent conversation with President @EmmanuelMacron. Informed about the aggravation on the frontline, our losses, the shelling of Ukrainian politicians & international journalists. Discussed the need and possible ways of immediate de-escalation & political-diplomatic settlement
1 year agoSelf-propelled artillery seen in Donetsk yesterday
1 year agoUkraine Defense Minister:Weapons for @ArmedForcesUkr from our close Canadian friends. We received rifles, machine guns with optical sights,night vision&surveillance devices&military equipment
NATO has relocated Ukraine staff from the capital Kyiv to Lviv in the west of the country and to Brussels for safety reasons, a NATO official said on Saturday
The volume of Russian disinformation seeking to frame Ukraine as a threat to justify military action by Russia has more than doubled in the past week, western officials have said UK Foreign Secretary @trussliz told MCS2022 there'd been a 2-fold rise in Russian disinformation
The CSTO Secretary General said that with the consent of the Ukrainian authorities and with the sanction of the UN Security Council, peacekeepers of the organization could be brought into the Donbass
Ukraine could face the worst-case scenario of a Russian invasion as soon as next week, and Europe faced one of its most perilous security situations since the early 20th century, British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Saturday
1 year agoSocial media reports that reservists summoned in Transnistria
Blinken: I discussed with my Saudi counterpart the Russian military reinforcement near the Ukrainian border and energy security
1 year agoG7 FM Declaration: "While we are ready to explore diplomatic solutions to address legitimate security concerns, Russia should be in no doubt that any further military aggression against Ukraine will have massive consequences."
1 year agoForeign Correspondent of
@FoxNews Trey Yingst: A Ukrainian position was shelled as we visited the front lines with the country's interior minister. Our coverage continues
Ukraine FM Kuleba: I invite the OSCE Troika @AnnLinde @RauZbigniew @Bujar_O to undertake an urgent fact-finding visit to Ukraine within the early warning mechanism activated by @OSCE Secretary General @HelgaSchmid_SG last week
EU sends emergency medical equipment to Ukraine, fearing Russian invasion
Ukraine's President Zelenskiy asks for summit with permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Turkey and Germany
Joint Forces Operation: 70 ceasefire violations today before 5pm, 60 of them with weapons prohibited by Minsk agreements, 2 Ukrainian servicemen killed, 4 more wounded
Zelensky: “Everyone saying there is some distance… between Ukraine and NATO we need to walk. All we are saying, tell us how much time does it take to complete this distance? This is measured not just in hours, this is measured in human life of Ukrainians.”
Asked what his interpretation is of Putin's intent towards his country and whether he thinks the Russian President will invade, the Ukrainian President says: "I do not know what the President of the Russian Federation wants. That is why I propose to meet"
Ukraine's president acknowledges, likely for the first time, threat of a full-scale Russian invasion
Ukrainian President says Kyiv wants a clear timeframe for NATO membership
It's propaganda
Occupation authorities in parts of Donetsk region claim detained local policeman, accused him in planting explosives at car of commander yesterday. Suspect told about schemes to deliver weapons and explosives to Donbas, also that Ukrainian military entered Belarus to watch Russian-Belarusian drill, also about recruiting of sleeping cells of agents
1 year agoUkraine President @ZelenskyyUa: We gave up 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in 1994 in the Budapest Memorandum. Signed by US, UK, Russia, Ukraine. But we haven't gotten the security we were promised then. If Ukraine's security is not assured today, who will be next? It won't end with us
1 year ago.@SecBlinken met with the G7 Foreign Ministers to discuss Russia's unprovoked military build-up in and around Ukraine
Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa calls consultation of Budapest memorandum parties and Ukraine must get security guarantees. If this is not delivered all decisions of 1994 will be void. @DmytroKuleba will be tasked to call this meeting
France urges nationals to leave Ukraine
"I want to believe @NATO and Article V will be more effective than the Budapest Memorandum." @ZelenskyyUa at MSC2022
Zelenskiy at MSC2022 demands that NATO allies be honest about membership prospects. "Open doors are good," he says referring to alliance's much-defended open door policy. "But we need open answers"
1 year agoCommander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces Zaluzhny: Ukrainian army not using artillery systems against Russia or occupied territories, moreover GRAD systems withdrawn more than 21kms from contact line
Zelensky says "the security architecture in Europe is broken. It's time for a new one." He says of the current Russia threat, "This isn't about war in Ukraine. This is about war in Europe
Ukrainian President Zelensky speaking now in Munich. He says Ukraine will defend itself with or without help, whether allies give helmets (Germany) or weapons (US, UK, etc)
Ukraine President denies Russian allegations about shelling in its territory
Russian FSB: building hit and destroyed in Khutor Manotsky
FSB says 2 projectiles hit Tarasovsky district of Rostov region of Russia this morning from the direction of Ukrainian border
Ukrainian FM Kuleba: We resolutely refute all accusations of any alleged Ukrainian shells falling on the Russian territory. Ukraine has never opened any such fire. We call for an immediate and impartial international investigation of the incidents reported by Russian media
Occupation authorities in parts of Luhansk region claims recovering explosive device at the bridge in Krasnodon, on the way of evacuation
1 year agoDelegation of Ukrainian MPs got under shelling near Svitlodarsk, had to enter shelter
Lufthansa says it's suspending all flights to and from Ukraine's capital
1 year agoIt's propaganda
Now Russian Investigative committee accuses "Ukrainian armed formations" in using MLRS to target Tarasovsky district in Rostov region of Russia between 5am-6am
The Federal Foreign Office of Germany is urging Germans to leave Ukraine now
Officials in Tirana, Pristina and Sarajevo said they were baffled by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's claim that 'mercenaries' from these countries were heading to the frontlines in Ukraine
Russian media reports that projectile hit a house in Rostov region
1 year agoGovernor of Voronezh region declare high readiness regime due to influx of displaced people
