1 year agoVideo of readiness check of Iskander units in Marshala Zhukova town and Boguchar
US warns Belarus of 'decisive' response if assists Russian invasion of Ukraine
[email protected] Says written responses have not yet been transmitted to Russia but noted that Ukraine was consulted and given a preview of what will be in the report. "There will be no surprises," he said
1 year agoProductive meeting of Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs @WBHoekstra and @jensstoltenberg, exchanging views on Russia's unprovoked military buildup in & around Ukraine, importance of NATO-EU cooperation and the upcoming NATO summit in Madrid
1 year agoChief of National Security Bureau of Poland: We are definitely not observing any de-escalation. As a result of all these talks, contacts on three levels - Russia-US, Russia-NATO, Russia in OSCE - we are not observing any signals from Russia that there is a de-escalation
1 year ago[email protected]: ~300 Javelins. 79 tons of security assistance for Ukraine's armed forces. Tonight, the third shipment of $200 million in assistance authorized by President Biden arrived at Boryspil Airport in Kyiv
The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine invited the Croatian ambassador because of President Milanovic's statements about Ukraine
Biden tells @kaitlancollins he could see himself personally sanctioning Putin should situation with Ukraine deteriorate
1 year ago[email protected] Austin and General Milley spotted leaving the White House at 12:30pm after about 2 and a half hours inside. @SecBlinken was seen arriving just after 12pm
Kirby characterizes the Russian troop buildup as "consistent — not dramatic" increases in troop presence along the Ukrainian border and in Belarus over the past weeks. No specific action named as the catapult for the decision to place U.S. troops on high alert
"We're watching this very closely. We have seen a consistent accumulation of combat power" per @PentagonPresSec on Russia firepower arrayed along border with Ukraine "Multiple domain capability. It's the whole combined force"
"Just to be clear - there is no intention or interest or desire by the president to send troops to Ukraine," @PressSec tells @WhiteHouse reporters. "NATO is a forum to support our eastern flank partners and countries, and that's what the focus has been on
US assessment is that a Russian invasion of Ukraine "remains imminent," WH Press Sec Psaki says
Secretary Blinken:I had a productive conversation with UK Foreign Secretary @trussliz on the importance of a coordinated response to Russian aggression on its border with Ukraine and on countering Beijing's economic coercion
Macron warns Russia will pay 'very high price' if Ukraine will be attacked
Macron says France, Germany 'united' on need for Ukraine deescalation
The Pentagon: The forces that were put on alert still haven't left America
German Chancellor: Russia's threats to Ukraine will cost it dearly
1 year agoImages:
[email protected] airmen and civilians from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron prepare cargo in support of Ukraine at Dover Air Force Base, Del
CzechRepublic MFA @JanLipavsky will visit Ukraine on February 7,8. With Slovakia and Austria MFAs will meet their Ukrainian counterpart. "We want to show our full support to our Ukrainian friends," said Lipavsky
Elements of @82ndABNDiv and @101stAASLTDIV are among the U.S. troops on high alert for a possible deployment in response to the crisis in Ukraine, according to two U.S. defense officials. Pentagon could disclose at least a partial list as soon as this afternoon, they add
NATO chief @jensstoltenberg draws a line: "NATO will not deploy NATO combat troops to Ukraine," he tells @amanpour
[email protected] tells @amanpour that NATO will send written responses to Russia later this week in coordination with the US. "We are finalizing at NATO the proposals, the written document we will send to them later this week. We will do that in parallel with [the] United States"
House Dems want to expedite a floor vote on a massive Ukraine defense bill that would dramatically increase US security assistance and lay groundwork for major sanctions on Russia - hastening a much more aggressive posture with o much room for debate
1 year agoAn aircraft with weapons from the United States is being unloaded at Boryspil airport
Bipartisan congressional delegation traveling to Brussels and Kyiv today: Reps. Gregory Meeks, David Cicilline, Ami Bera, Colin Allred, Chrissy Houlahan, Tom Malinowski, Sara Jacobs, Mark Green, August Pfluger, Mikie Sherill, and Victoria Spartz
1 year agoAnother batch of US defensive security assistance, including around 300 Javelins and ammunition, just arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, from Dover
1 year agoShots were fired on the street in central Kyiv, possible domestic or business conflict
MPs of Verkhovna Rada were evacuated from the building
Washington warns Russia against using fuel supplies as a weapon in the current crisis over Ukraine
Russian troops of Southern Military District and Western Military District launched combat readiness check, to last until 29th January
UK PM Johnson says it's not just Ukraine that Putin has his eye on
1 year agoMilitary echelon filmed in Chojniki, Belarus
1 year agoAbout to land at Kyiv Boryspil Airport, Ukraine: "National Airlines" Boeing 747-412(BCF) reg. N729CA as U.S. Transportation Command flight CMB314
Prime Minister @BorisJohnson signals UK will deploy more British forces to support NATO in Europe if Russia launches any new invasion of Ukraine. He tells MPs UK would "look to contribute to any new NATO deployments to protect our allies in Europe"
1 year agoProtesting entrepreneurs are attempting to enter the building of Ukrainian Parliament. Clashes with police
1 year agoProtesting entrepreneurs broke through fence near Verkhovna Rada
1 year agoRoyal Air Force RC135W Rivet Joint ZZ665 RRR7207 over the Black Sea & around Crimea
1 year agoA new helicopter Airbus H125 for Ukrainian border guard service has arrived in Sumy region
1 year agoProtest of entrepreneurs at Maidan in Kyiv
Foreign Secretary @trussliz tells MPs she will visit Ukraine next week
Latvian MoD: Russia's Defence Ministry declines Latvian OSCE inspection in Russia and publishes false statements about arrival of Latvian inspectors
1 year agoSu-27 and L-39 training in Zhytomyr region
1 year agoThe Verkhovna Rada approved an appeal to the UN, the European Parliament and the governments of the world regarding the inadmissibility of military blackmail against Ukraine by Russia. Russia destabilizes security situation to prevent Ukraine's European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations
Russia army has started making combat readiness inspections in its southern military district, which borders Ukraine, with more than 6,000 troops
1 year agoSecurity Service of Ukraine neutralized a criminal group that was preparing a series of attacks on facilities in the border regions of Ukraine. A large-scale operation took place in Zhytomyr and Kharkiv. The criminals were coordinated by representatives of the Russian special services
1 year agoTraining of soldiers for the use of NLAW anti-tank missile systems began today at the 184th Training Center of the National Academy of Land Forces named after Hetman Petro Sagaidachny
The Russian military has deployed additional electronic warfare battalion in the Belgorod region, - Russian Western Military District
1 year agoBrawl at Odesa city council at hearings on land use. Several people injured. Police on the site
1 year agoTensions between police and protesting entrepreneurs near Verkhovna Rada
Belarus is providing Ukraine with 150MWt electrical power capacity on emergency request
Joint Forces Operation: 1 ceasefire violation yesterday
1 year agoRussian Military echelon with 9K33 Osa/SA-8 Gecko air defense systems arrived this morning at Palonka station in Belarus
The UK is "becoming aware of a significant number of individuals that are assessed to be associated with Russian military advance-force operations and currently located in Ukraine" - update from deputy defence minister @JSHeappey
Energoatom: The first power unit of Khmelnitsky NPP is disconnected from the grid after protection is triggered
US Department of State:
[email protected] joined the EU Foreign Affairs Council today at the invitation of @JosepBorrellF to give a brief on U.S. engagement with Ukraine and Russia and to consult with our EU partners on next steps to jointly deter Russian aggression
1 year agoFrance statement on call with @POTUS about Russia-Ukraine @EmmanuelMacron "expressed his deep concern over the situation on the Ukrainian border & the need to work collectively to de-escalate it quickly.must involve strong, credible warnings to Russia"
1 year agoPresident Biden:Today, I spoke with European leaders in response to Russia's military buildup on Ukraine's borders. We discussed our joint efforts to deter further Russian aggression, such as preparations to impose severe economic costs on Russia and reinforce security on the eastern flank
The Cabinet of Ministers withdrew the bill on the transition period in the Donbass, which provided rules for the reintegration of the occupied territories
Javelin anti-tank missiles arriving soon to Ukraine from the United States, Pentagon spokesman tells @marthamaccallum. "Air defense systems" also being rushed in. "There's a lot more coming”
No plans for U.S. troops to deploy to Ukraine to deter Russia. If Putin invades, he faces largely "economic consequences," Kirby says
Size of Russian forces around Ukraine "Has gotten bigger. Absolutely" per @PentagonPresSec - "They are in fact adding more"
Per @StateDeptSpox, US still expects to send its written response to Russia re NATO/Ukraine this week, will include response to Russia's proposals and also other issues the US is hoping can be grounds for agreement with Russia
No decision to pull out those US forces currently in Ukraine working as military advisers/trainers, Pentagon spox Kirby says
"It's very clear the Russians have no intention right now of deescalating" per @PentagonPresSec on timing of this announcement of heightened alert
"As of now the decision has been made to pace these units on heightened alerts & heightened alert only" per @PentagonPresSec. Some units been told to be ready to deploy in as little as 5 days, he says "No final decision has been made to deploy them"
DoD press sec Kirby: "The US is taking steps to heighten the readiness of forces at home and abroad so they are prepared to support a range of contingencies, including the NATO Response Force if it is activated"
@PentagonPresSec Kirby announcing steps to ready multi-national NATO response force (NRF) of 40,000 troops "if it is activated to defeat aggression, if necessary" against Russia
[email protected] has placed "a range of units on a heightened readiness to deploy" - about 8,500 personnel - per @PentagonPresSec
Pentagon taking steps to heighten readiness over Ukraine - including for @NATO response force if activated, per @PentagonPresSec. US "keenly focused" on Russia's military build-up along Ukraine and in Belarus
Psaki on additional US troops to eastern flank NATO allies: "We have never ruled out the option of providing additional assistance in advance of an invasion. Those discussions have been ongoing"
White House says there is no plan to evacuate Americans from Ukraine with military assets. Psaki says people are being encouraged to leave by commercial aircraft
France sees 'path to de-escalation' of Ukraine-Russia tensions: Macron aide
"We are conveying very clearly now that now is the time to leave" Ukraine, says @PressSec of US citizens
US refining its military plans for all scenarios on Ukraine crisis: White House
1 year agoThe NeptuneStrike22 "is the first time since the end of the Cold War that a US carrier strike group has gone under @NATO command, and this exercise will help demonstrate the unity capability and strength of the Transatlantic Alliance," said @PressSec
Speaker Pelosi has asked the White House for an all-member, bipartisan briefing on Ukraine/Russia situation
1 year agoRAF BAe 146-200 RRR1557 from Kyiv #Ukraine
"There is no reason to panic": Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Olexiy Danilov called for calm in the face of a possible Russian invasion
EU foreign ministers agree no need to take action to evacuate staff from Ukraine - Borrell
1 year agoNATO Sec Gen Stoltenberg on whether he's disappointed in Germany says only that Berlin has agreed to send the same message(s) and provide same reinforcements as all other allies
"We have not made any decision to withdraw those people working for @NATO in Kyiv" per SecGen @jensstoltenberg, asked about moves by US, others to evacuate some personnel from Ukraine "This has to be a national decision" he says
1 year agoWhite House: "In the afternoon, the President will hold a secure video call with European leaders as part of our close consultation and coordination with our Transatlantic Allies and partners in response to Russia's military buildup on Ukraine's borders
1 year agoRQ-4A Global Hawk on 10 hours mission over Ukraine
1 year agoNATO chief Stoltenberg thanks Sweden for reinforcing its military presence on Gotland as added security for NATO allies on the Baltic Sea
1 year agoNATO is "considering to further enhance its presence in the eastern part of the Alliance. This could include the deployment of additional NATO battlegroups," says @jensstoltenberg
1 year agoLatvia has asked its citizens not to travel to Ukraine -Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics
NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg's met today with Foreign Ministers @Haavisto of Finland and @AnnLinde of Sweden
DHS assesses that Russia would consider conducting a cyberattack on US if Moscow perceived that a US/NATO response to a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine "threatened [Russia's] long-term national security
Deployment of territorial defense troops is ongoing around the clock - Defense Minister of Ukraine Reznikov
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia: Very good exchange between @SecBlinken and EU Foreign Ministers on the current crisis in Europe. I appreciate level of transatlantic coordination and US commitment to Europe's security. We must help Ukraine and counter Russia's aggressive behaviour
Lukashenka signed a decree on convening an extraordinary session of parliament on January 27. No reason explained
Biden administration now in final stages of identifying specific military units to send to Eastern Europe to deter Russia. Next steps likely to be prep orders and then deployment orders once final decision several US officials tell CNN
CzechRepublic MoD @jana_cernochova: "Let me be clear, Ukraine is our ally. If there is war, we are ready to offer a refuge to their woman and children. No Ukrainian request for sending military yet, but if they do so, we will discuss it." Source: Interview for @enkocz
1 year agoNATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg and UK Foreign Secretary @trussliz discussed Russia's military build-up in/around Ukraine & implications for European security. He thanked her for British contributions to NATO collective defence & strong support to our partner Ukraine
Senior Elysée source tells: "There is a kind of alarmism in Washington and London which we cannot understand. We see no immediate likelihood of Russian military action. We simply want our interpretation to be taken into account before a common western approach is agreed"
1 year agoRussian Navy Project 1171 Black Sea Fleet 197th Landing Ship Brigade Tapir (NATO:Alligator) class LST Orsk 148 returned from Tartus Syria & transited Bosphorus towards the Black Sea en route to Sevastopol
Ukraine's Zelenskiy tells EU's Michel, Kyiv will not respond to provocations, will remain calm and patient with its partners
1 year agoParliamentarians of 11 countries issued a joint statement on the entry of Russian troops into Belarus. The statement says that the deployment of Russian troops in Belarus not only poses a threat to Ukraine,Poland and Lithuania, but could also be a part of a plan to occupy Belarus
Dutch embassy to Ukraine tells it is "constantly monitoring developments" but sees "no reason" to evacuate staff at the moment
