3 years agoBila Tserkva, Vasylkiv, Myronivka(13:40). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!
3 years agoKyiv, Dnipro, Cherkasy, Kramators’k(13:39). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!
3 years agoKyiv(13:34). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!
3 years agoDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered 800 U.S. troops to the Baltic region and eight F-35 fighter jets to NATO's eastern flank. Senior U.S. defense official said 20 AH-64 attack helicopters moving to Baltics and 12 helicopters to Poland
3 years agoPresident Zelensky declared call of reservists
3 years agoRussian military deployment near Novoozerne, Crimea
3 years agoMilitary convoy filmed in Bile, Luhansk region
3 years agoThe Pentagon: 20 Apache attack helicopters will move from Germany to the Baltic region
3 years agoUkraine's Foreign Minister Kuleba (who is in town for meetings with Secs. Austin and Blinken) has met with President Biden. "President Biden reiterated the readiness of the United States. to respond swiftly and decisively to any further Russian aggression against Ukraine
3 years agoEU ambassadors took a preliminary decision on the EU sanctions on Russia tonight. final adoption at around 11am tomorrow. then written procedure till 15 and finally the sanctions will be published in the EU official journal later that afternoon
3 years agoIn Volnovakha, Donetsk region about 30,000 people cut from water supply as a result of attacks by Russians, - Ukraine's ombudsman Denisova
3 years agoSentinel-2 imagery taken this morning 08:36 UTC shows at least nine Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo aircraft departing Taganrog-Central Air Base near Taganrog in Russia, located on the shores of the Sea of Azov, 40 km from Ukraine (DPR). Three of them airborne, six taxiing
3 years agoPutin's speech recognizing Ukraine's breakaway regions is a "rewrite of history": President Biden. Nothing in Russian President's speech indicates that Kremlin is interested in dialogue
3 years agoBiden says Putin has a "twisted" sense of history. "He explicitly threatened war unless his extreme demands were met. There's no question that Russia is the aggressor"
3 years agoPutin "directly attacked Ukraine's right to exist," Biden says. "He explicitly threatened war unless his extreme demands were met.nonetheless, there is still time to avert the worst-case scenario." Biden says US and allies still remain open to diplomacy
3 years agoPresident Zelensky discussed with heads of factions of Ukrainian Parliament a state of emergency in Donetsk and Luhansk regions
3 years agoBiden says he's also authorized additional movements of US forces and equipment already in Europe to reinforce Baltic allies. Notes this is totally defensive and "we have no intention of fighting Russia," he says
3 years agoBiden "In response to Russia's admission that it will not withdraw its forces from Belarus, I have authorized the additional movements of U.S. forces and equipment already stationed in Europe, to strengthen our Baltic allies Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
3 years ago"None of us should be fooled. None of us will be fooled. There is no justification." - @POTUS on Russia's moves on Ukraine
3 years agoBiden says he still thinks Russia is planning a major invasion of Ukraine. He says he hopes he's wrong but points to Russia's military presence around Ukraine, including blood supplies. He says: "You don't need blood unless you're starting a war"
3 years agoUS President Joe Biden says: "This is the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine."
3 years agoU.S. will impose a first set of sanctions on Russia for moving onto Ukraine's territory: POTUS; - Full blocking sanctions on VEB and military bank; - Sanctions on Russian sovereign debt.; - U.S. will apply sanctions on Russia's elites tomorrow
3 years agoBiden: "Who in the Lord's name does Putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called countries?"
3 years agoBiden: "Russia has now undeniably moved against Ukraine by declaring these independent states. So today I'm announcing the first tranche of sanctions to impose costs on Russia in response to their actions yesterday"
3 years agoAll objects of critical infrastructure of the capital region are taken under protection by divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, - Minister Denis Monastyrsky
3 years agoSmoke over Russian consulate general in Odesa
3 years agoSmoke rising from Russian Embassy In Kyiv, Ukraine. People were seen carrying in boxes earlier. Embassy was ordered to evacuate
3 years agoShelling with MLRS targeting Ukrainian positions near Komyshyvakha from Pervomaisk
3 years agoRussian Foreign Ministry says Russia establishing diplomatic relations with Donetsk and Luhansk
3 years agoRussian forces shelled Muratove village with MLRS