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!
Secretary Blinken: Governments and citizens everywhere should care about what's happening in Ukraine. This is not a distant regional dispute or yet another example of Russian bullying. The principles at stake have made the world safer and more stable for decades
A group of about 30 elite UK troops has arrived in Ukraine to help train Ukrainian military on new anti-tank weapons from UK. @TheRangerRegt troops flew out on military planes that airlifted anti-tank weapons during course of the week
2 year agoUS Secretary of State @SecBlinken met chancellor @OlafScholz in the chancellery in Berlin Scholz' spokesperson @RegSprecher: "The situation on the border with Russia remains very delicate. It's up to Russia to defuse the situation and withdraw its troops"
Spain has sent warships to join NATO naval forces in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea as tension in the region rises over the Russian military build-up on the Ukrainian border, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Thursday
A mine-sweeper is already en route and a frigate will sail within three or four days, Robles told reporters. The Madrid government is also considering sending fighter jets to Bulgaria, she said
2 year agoMilitary equipment at Maslovka railway station near Voronezh today
President Erdoğan: We are paying great importance to both Mr. Putin's visit to Turkey and my visit to Ukraine. I have a visit to Ukraine at the beginning of next month
President Erdoğan on Russia-Ukraine tensions: Our hope is to bring together Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelensky as soon as possible and to ensure that they have a face-to-face meeting
President Erdogan on Russia-Ukraine tensions: We want peace in the region, other than that, other negative developments do not happen
2 year agoPresident Biden stresses any move across Ukraine border by Russian military units would constitute an invasion
2 year agoUSAmbNATO: Today I met with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister @StefanishynaO and reaffirmed that Russian aggression against Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be met with a decisive, reciprocal, and united response by all @NATO Allies
President Erdogan: We do not find the developments between Russia and Ukraine correct
.@SecBlinken: "There's been a lot of speculation about President Putin's true intentions, but we don't actually have to guess - he's told us repeatedly. He's laying the groundwork for an invasion because he doesn't believe that Ukraine is a sovereign nation”
2 year agoAnother train with military equipment was spotted this evening (20.01) in Kalodzishchy
2 year agoBlinken statement on the sanctions: "In advance of a potential further invasion of Ukraine, Russian intelligence services, mainly the Federal Security Service (FSB).have been recruiting Ukrainian nationals in key positions to gain access to sensitive information
2 year agoMore Blinken in Berlin speech at @atlantikbruecke: Warns after Belarus that if Russia succeeds in Ukraine, its "efforts to turn its neighbors into puppet states and crack down on any spark of democratic expression will intensify
Sanctions imposed by @USTreasury OFAC on four Ukrainian nationals alleged to be working with spy agencies of Russia to destabilize Ukraine
Deliveries of latest $200M US aid package to Ukraine are scheduled to begin "immediately" and will continue "over the next several weeks," State dept spox says. Still, unlikely to be fully delivered until March, and US has said invasion could happen at any moment. via @OrenCNN
2 year agoCriminal boss, a Russian citizen on the NSDC sanctions list was detained in Kyiv
2 year agoSpeaking in Berlin at @atlantikbruecke, Blinken warns Russia "would drag us all back to a much more dangerous and unstable time when this continent— and this city — were divided in two"
Moldovagaz paid in full the advance for Gazprom in January. Andrei Spinu: "Spring is near"
2 year agoTransatlantic quad foreign ministers today discussed "joint efforts to deter further Russian aggression against Ukraine, including Allies' and partners' readiness to impose massive consequences and severe economic costs on Russia for such actions," according to @StateDept
Secretary Antony Blinken:Productive conversation with @JensStoltenberg, @JosepBorrellF, and @mblaszczak to discuss Russia's destabilizing military buildup near Ukraine's border and the need for de-escalation. We are working together in a variety of fora to advance dialogue on European security
2 year agoThe meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda has started
A U.S. official confirms CIA Director William Burns traveled to Berlin - and Brussels - last week, in addition to Kyiv. During his visits he met with intelligence counterparts, European and NATO leaders, and discussed issues of shared concern, including Russia/Ukraine tensions
Czech Republic will be sending artillery ammunition to Ukraine, Czech government should approve it next week, @televizeseznam reports
Blinken: If any Russian forces invade Ukraine, we will respond with a united and firm response by all allies
