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!
State Department orders departure of family members of US Embassy Belarus employees & warns American citizens not travel to the country amid an "unusual and concerning Russian military buildup along Belarus' border with Ukraine
Moscow responds to Biden: "We can confirm we received a written follow-up from Russia," says US official. "It would be unproductive to negotiate in public so we'll leave it up to Russia if they want to discuss their response"
Implementation of the Minsk agreements poses a threat to Ukraine - Secretary of NSDC Danilov
2 year agoDefense Minister of Ukraine: The 5th bird in Kyiv. Another 84 tons of ammunition of various calibers. In the next few days we are waiting for the next cargo of defense weaponry from our friends from U.S.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss: I tested positive for Covid this evening. Thankfully I've had my three jabs and will be working from home while I isolate
U.S. continues to see Russia move in additional ground forces "even over the course of the weekend" along the the Ukrainian border. "These are combined arms capable forces. so it's not just infantry, for instance - it's artillery, it's air defense"
Kirby says the U.S. delivered another security assistance package to Ukraine on Friday with more to come ahead. "[Biden] has been very clear we're not going to see American troops on the ground in combat with the Russians in Ukraine. He has made clear that's not on the table"
President Joe Biden on Friday said he would send troops to eastern Europe "in the near term." Pentagon says that deployment wouldn't have to wait for NATO to call in the NATO Response Force but declined to address a possible timeline
Biden says US 'ready no matter what' on Russia threat to Ukraine
Russia's naval build-up continues. Spanish navy spots six Russian warships from the Northern Fleet entering the Mediterranean Sea today and possibly "heading towards the Black Sea the vessels are carrying 60 tanks and over 1,500 soldiers
Putin, Macron discuss Ukraine, Russian 'security guarantees' in call: Kremlin
US prepared to sanction Kremlin 'inner circle' over Ukraine: White House
.@USAmbUN said today that the US has "seen evidence that Russia intends to expand that presence to more than 30,000 troops near the Belarus-Ukraine border less than two hours north of Kyiv, by early February." A US official says this figure is from declassified US intel
Baltic states condemn Russia's 'continued aggressive actions and threats against Ukraine,' call for troop withdrawal - Lithuanian envoy to UN
Polish ambassador to the UN: "We cannot keep quiet because what is happening in our neighborhood constitutes a serious threat to international peace and security, reaching far beyond our region and continent
2 year agoAddressing Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's complaints the west is hyping the potential for a Russian invasion, NATO Sec Gen Stoltenberg counters, "There is no sign this military buildup is slowing down. It continues. That's a fact; that's reality”
China joins Russia in opposing today's US-requested UN Security Council debate on Russian military build-up on Ukrainian border. China's ambassador says Beijing disagrees that Russia's actions post a threat to international stability
Reuters: Ukrainian police detain group suspected of planning mass riots
The Biden administration has developed "specific sanctions packages" against Russian elites "in or near the inner circles of the Kremlin" that will be imposed if Russia further invades Ukraine, a senior admin official tells CNN
2 year agoMilitary at Dyadin Khutor in Belokalitvinsky district of the Rostov region
The ships of the Black Sea Fleet returned to their bases after the exercises - Russian Ministry of Defense
Joint Forces Operation: 2 ceasefire violations yesterday, 1 Ukrainian serviceman wounded
2 year agoUkrainian National Antarctic Scientific Centre's Ukraine flag polar research vessel Noosfera transited Bosphorus towards Med en route from Odesa to Akademik Vernadsky Antarctic Research Station located at Marina Point on Galindez Island of Argentine Islands, near Kyiv Peninsula
Canada withdraws 'non-essential' personnel from embassy in Ukraine
91 Russian lawyers, scientists, journalists, actors, writers, and musicians have signed an open letter protesting against Moscow's war against Ukraine
2 year agoPolish Air Force C-295M transport aircraft decending for Kyiv. This comes hours after Poland promised material support for Ukraine
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs @UnderSecStateP tells @margbrennan that Russia "is moving up to 30,000" troops to Belarus- via @nickschifrin
