Joint Forces Operation: 3 ceasefire violations yesterday
There are no signs of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - Russian Foreign Ministry
1 year agoAnother weapon flight to Ukraine National Airlines 747 CMB327 (USTransCom)
1 year agoRussia deployed S-400 Air defense system for exercise in Brest region of Belarus
The Armed Forces of Ukraine began exercises throughout Ukraine on the management of troops during hostilities
1 year agoMilitary echelon unloaded at Vesela Lopan, Belgorod region
Secretary Blinken says Russia's ongoing build-up of forces near Ukraine "remains front and center" as he travels for meetings in Australia, Fiji & Hawaii. He tells us ERT Melbourne he'll remain in contact with foreign counterparts & DC throughout his trip
1 year agoReinforcements are now in the Black Sea 21:00UTC:Russian Navy Project775 Ropucha class LSTMs (tank carrying), Baltic Fleet's 71st Landing Ship Brigade's Kaliningrad 102, Minsk 127 & Korolev 130 transited Bosphorus and entered the Black Sea..@YorukIsik pix via @reuterspictures
1 year agoDetails about a phone call today between @JakeSullivan46 and @jensstoltenberg amid continuing concerns of further military aggression by Russia against Ukraine
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed near Millerovo, Rostov region
1 year agoSpanish Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares en route to #Ukraine
White House spokeswoman: We are working on several tracks regarding Ukraine crisis, but we prefer the diplomatic track
The White House: There are no secret European negotiations with Russia, and we are fully informed and coordinated with our European partners
1 year agoOlaf Scholz: Our aim today within the Weimar Triangle is to de-escalate. We have specific tasks in this six-month period. France took over the presidency of the EU Council, Poland chairs the OSCE, and Germany chairs the G7 group
Website of media agency of occupation authorities in parts of Luhansk region was targeted in cyber-attack - statement
1 year agoMeeting of Macron, Duda and Scholz in Berlin: Must "prevent a war in Europe." -German Chancellor Scholz. "Will leave no-one behind" - Polish President Duda. Need "new security and stability" for Europe - French President Macron. Talks in Berlin now to de-brief and plan next step to stop escalation with Russia over Ukraine
McConnell says German chancellor at dinner confirmed if there's a Russian invasion, Nord Stream 2 wouldn't go ahead. McConnell though says sanctions should be imposed ahead of time. "I don't think Putin will be deterred by any piece of legislation in the United States Senate
1 year agoToday, at least 9 NATO and Swedish aircraft flew ISR sorties over Europe: US Army RC-12X (YANK01, YANK02); USAF RC-135V (HOMER21); USN P-8A (PS08x); RAF RC-135W (RRR7211), P-8As (STGRY01, GURNY02); Swedish S102B (SVF623); and an unidentified Turkish aircraft (TURAF42)
President of France: the goal of our actions is simple - avoid war, strengthen the unity of Europeans and defend the principles of Europe
Poland's Duda says still possible to avoid war in Europe
Germany, France, Poland 'united' in goal of keeping European peace: Scholz
"Our shared goal is to stave off war in Europe" - Chancellor Scholz speaking alongside Macron and Duda
1 year agoThere's also been a @SecBlinken call with @mevlutcavusoglu about @NATO unity amid Russia aggression vs. Ukraine
1 year agoMilitary convoy at Belgorod-Shebekino
1 year agoSelf-propelled artillery at Pokrovskoye village in Rostov region
President @AndrzejDuda: This is probably the most difficult time since 1989 for the entire community of the West, for NATO, for the EU. The very intense actions of the Russian troops pointing to the possibility of an invasion of Ukraine, the ongoing maneuvers - all this indicates the need for joint action
1 year agoBastion-P anti-ship cruise missiles TELs filmed on the move today in Crimea
1 year agoOccupation authorities in parts of Luhansk region of Ukraine claimed downing Ukrainian drone at Kalynove-Borschuvate
The government of Poland adopted a resolution on the free transfer to the Ukrainian Armed Forces of components of military property from the resources of the Polish Armed Forces
The first U.S. troops reinforcing NATO allies on the eastern flank following a Russian military build-up on Ukraine's border have arrived in Romania, Defence Minister Vasile Dincu said on Tuesday
140,000 Russian troops now deployed on Ukraine's border, defense minister says
The US representative at the OSCE says during the Vienna meeting today that Russia cannot call on the indivisibility of security without also offering this to Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine as well
1 year agoGermany and Estonia handed over a brigade-level mobile field hospital for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
1 year agoUS Army C-12U-3 decending for Kyiv, after departing the US-led Multinational Training Mission in Ukraine, near Lviv
Zelenskiy: "Ukraine is very patient because it is wise and this is important not just for Ukraine, but for Europe, important for Russia.We will defend our country, our territory. Our patience affects these provocations, which we don't respond to; we conduct ourselves with dignity”
Ukraine president says expects summit with Russian, French, German leaders 'in the near future'
Kremlin denies Putin told Macron there will be no new manoeuvres near Ukraine
1 year agoFrench President Macron asserts he has clear commitments from Zelenskyy and Putin to implement the Minsk agreements. Macron also says Putin promised him he would not "trigger an escalation" nor keep troops in Belarus after joint exercises end
French President: Putin and Zelensky confirmed their intention to continue implementing the Minsk agreements, and this is the path to peace
Macron: The Russian President said he would respect the Minsk agreements
Macron: Ukrainian President pledged to abide by the Minsk agreement
Zelenksky throws Putin's "Sleeping Beauty" comment back at him: "As far as being patient, my beauty: Ukraine is very patient, because it is wise. our patience comes from defending our own country.. our patience comes from our wisdom"
Macron: a meeting of the Normandy Format (Germany, France, Russia, Ukraine) will take place in Berlin on Thursday
"I am here today to get an impression of what it means that there is still a war in the middle of Europe. And how urgent it is that we finally come to a solution to the conflict". Foreign Minister @abaerbock after her visit to the Ukraine contact line
1 year agoReinforcements for Black Sea Fleet, Russian Navy Project775 Ropucha class LSTMs (tank carrying), Baltic Fleet's 71st Landing Ship Brigade's Kaliningrad 102, Minsk 127 & Korolev 130 transited Dardanelles toward Marmara en route to Sevastopol. @YorukIsik pix via @reuterspictures
1 year agoPresident Zelensky: Welcome to Ukraine @EmmanuelMacron. This is the first visit of the President of France to our country in 24 years. I'm convinced it will be fruitful for our states
1 year agoMinistry of National Defense of Poland: Successive transports of U.S. equipment and troops reach Poland
1 year agoRoyal Air Force (RAF) Boeing C-17A Globemaster III RRR6400 from Brize Norton over Kyiv
1 year agoUS Army C-12U-3 Huron DUKE89 en route to Ukraine
Ukraine does not see the withdrawal of Russian troops, the security situation remains unchanged - FM Kuleba
1 year agoMilitary convoy with servicemen from Chechnya filmed in Oryol region
1 year agoRAF BAe 146-200 RRR1509 en route to Ukraine from Warsaw
1 year agoUS navy P8 Poseidon AE6898 active off the coast of Crimea
FSB director: the service prevented attacks, some of which were prepared by members of cells of international terrorist organizations in Moscow, Crimea, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Stavropol Territory and Tver Region
1 year agoEquipment appears to be leaving the Pogonovo base in Voronezh, unclear at this time where it has gone
Six Russian naval ships are travelling to the Black Sea for drills - IFAX
1 year ago"We don't look away. We stand by Ukraine." - Foreign Minister @ABaerbock in eastern Ukraine at the so-called contact line near Mariupol
1 year agoMilitary at Vesela Lopan, Belgorod region
1 year ago2x C17 Globemaster III RCH212/552 en route to Rzeszow Poland
It's propaganda
Ukrainian special services are preparing a "staged terrorist attack" at one of the facilities with dangerous production in the east of the country, - Occupation authorities in parts of Luhansk region
1 year agoWestern Global 747 CMB328 (USTransCom) en route to Kyiv from Dover AFB, new batch of U.S. weapons to Ukraine
1 year agoAnother R-419L1 digital radio relay station spotted in Belgorod Oblast, in the village of Karaichnoe
1 year agoFrench Air Force A330-243 CTM0021 en route to Kyiv Ukraine from Moscow
Military exercises with Bayraktar drones, Javelins & NLAWs to be held in Ukraine from Feb 10-20, says Ukrainian DM Reznikov "They will take place at Rivne, Kovel, Ovruch, Shyroky Lan, Oleshkiv Sands, Chuhuev, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa grounds in parallel with Russian-Belarus drills
Joint Forces Operation: 5 ceasefire violations. 1 Ukrainian serviceman wounded
Russian Southern Military district launched exercise with armoured vehicles, missiles and artillery at 15 firing ranges. BTGs with enhanced companies involved, Caspian Fleet involved.
French presidential source: Macron and Putin agreed that Russia will withdraw its forces from Belarus after the exercises
1 year agoEarlier on Monday, Czech Air Force Airbus A319CJ reg. Czech Republic 3085 (498421) flew from Kharkiv to Kyiv Boryspil Airport, both in Ukraine: CEF5B
1 year ago"The transatlantic partnership is key for peace in Europe and this is what Putin also has to understand, that he will not be able to split European Union or to split NATO. We will act together," says German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the threat of Russia invading Ukraine
Putin does not consider that Russia violated the territorial integrity of Ukraine. "They seized power there by force, we were forced to protect the Crimeans"
Since February 2014, Russia has considered a coup d'état as the source of power in Ukraine, - Putin
Putin: we understand that conventional power of NATO is more than Russia's one. But Russia is the top nuclear power. And there will be no winners in the war (in case of Ukraine in NATO, and will attempt to return Crimea with force)
If Ukraine joins NATO and begins to return Crimea by military means, there will be no winners - Putin
If Ukraine is in NATO and attacks Crimea, then there will be a conflict between the Russian Federation and the alliance - Putin
1 year agoMacron: "it is our shared responsibility to agree on concrete measures to stabilize the situation and consider de-escalation"
Macron: We seek a permanent solution to the conflict in Donbass, and there is progress in implementing the ceasefire
1 year agoMacron after his meeting with Putin: "We are both aware of the gravity of the situation"
1 year agoMacron: "there is still time" to preserve peace
Putin says 'possible' to move forward on some of Macron's proposals. To talk again about it on the phone, after Macron's trip to Kyiv
Putin concerned that discrimination against the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine is enshrined in law
Putin: We are ready to grant political asylum to people like Mr. Poroshenko in Russia
Kyiv ignores all possibilities for the peaceful restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine through dialogue with the Donbass, - Putin
Putin: Russia does not threaten any country, and we conducted military exercises inside our borders
Ukraine's authorities set a course for the dismantling of the Minsk agreements - Putin
NATO has designated us as an adversary - Putin
DHS updates terrorism bulletin in the wake of recent violent events and Russia-Ukraine tensions
Biden says US citizens should leave Ukraine now. "I think it would be wise to leave the country. I'm not talking about our diplomatic corps. I'm talking about the Americans there. I don't want them to get caught in the crossfire"
1 year ago"If Russia makes a choice to further invade Ukraine, we are jointly ready and all of NATO is ready." President Biden says he and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz "developed a strong package of sanctions" if Russia "violates Ukraine's sovereignty"
1 year ago"We are in a very difficult situation" with the "military threat" by Russia against Ukraine, says @OlafScholz, adding "it's a serious threat to European security
1 year ago"We're ready to continue talks in good faith with Russia," says @POTUS alongside @OlafScholz, but "it cannot be business as usual if Russia further invades" Ukraine
The Pentagon: The invasion of Ukraine would be catastrophic for its people, and it would not be without losses for the Russian army
"We would certainly agree that another invasion of Ukraine would be disastrous" and "not cost free" for Russia, per @PentagonPresSec "It doesn't have to be that way. There's plenty of opportunity for Mr. Putin to do the right thing"
The Pentagon: Additional Russian forces are heading to the border with Ukraine and to Belarus
Pentagon says US continues to see sizable forces added by Russia along border with Ukraine
"We don't know exactly what he's planning" per @PentagonPresSec on Russia's Putin. Suggests Putin could still choose a diplomatic path to address standoff over Ukraine
Pentagon spokesman says no additional U.S. troops have been put on prepare to deploy orders
Kirby had no announcements to make regarding additional U.S. troop movements to Europe. "We have upwards of 80,000 troops already on the European continent, so there's a lot of capability that just already exists"
1 year agoContinuing to see sizable forces being added by Russia along the border with Ukraine, @PentagonPresSec tells reporters
1 year ago"It's a whole panoply of things we're looking at," says Pentagon spox John Kirby, noting that Russian President Putin continues to build not just combat but also logistics and sustainment capabilities near the border with Ukraine
