The Australian Government will evacuate its embassy in Kyiv, amid warnings a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent
Foreign office confirms that UK members of the OSCE monitoring mission will be withdrawn from Ukraine. Along with US members (and probably some others)
1 год назадNew @StateDept message to US citizens in Ukraine tonight urges them again to leave ASAP and thru Polish-Ukrainian border. "Poland has indicated to the U.S. government that U.S. citizens may now enter Poland through the land border with Ukraine. No advanced approval is required
FM of Canada: Given the continued deterioration of the security situation, we will be moving our operations to a temporary office in Lviv and temporarily suspending operations at our embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine. Canada's diplomatic presence and strong engagement in Ukraine will continue
1 год назадToday, at least 11 US and Ukrainian aircraft flew ISR sorties over Europe: USN P-8As (4 PK12x, 3 PS12x); USAF RC-135W (JAKE11), RQ-4 (FORTE12); US Army ARTEMIS (BRIO68); Ukrainian TB2 (no callsign)
President Zelensky: Essential conversation with my friend @JustinTrudeau on diplomatic efforts of our allies on de-escalation. Welcome Canada's decision to strengthen Ukraine with substantial financial package
Britain will send Typhoon fighter jets to patrol Romanian airspace in light of tensions in eastern Europe, the Defense Ministry said
1 год назадPatrol police officers took part in exercise in Kherson region
Kremlin denounces US "peak hysteria" after Biden-Putin call, but says the two leaders agree to "continue" dialogue
Biden's call with Putin this a.m. was "substantive" but "there was no fundamental change in the dynamic that has been unfolding now for several weeks," per official "Russia may decide to proceed with military action anyway," official said. "Indeed, that is a distinct possibility”
1 год назадOfficial WH readout of Biden's call with Putin: "President Biden was clear with President Putin that while the United States remains prepared to engage in diplomacy, in full coordination with our Allies and partners, we are equally prepared for other scenarios"
1 год назадWhite House: President Biden spoke with President Putin today to make clear that if Russia further invades Ukraine, the U.S. and our allies will impose swift and severe costs on Russia. President Biden urged President Putin to engage in de-escalation and diplomacy instead
Borrell: "The EU & its member states are coordinating their actions in view of the current threats on Ukraine. Our diplomatic missions are not closing. They remain in Kyiv & continue to operate in support to EU citizens & in cooperation with the authorities"
President Zelensky: Continued dialogue with @EmmanuelMacron. Thanked for his visit to Ukraine. Talked about the security situation & ways to intensify the peace process within N4, the TCG activities. Discussed latest international talks. Appreciate Macron's personal involvement in de-escalation process
Israeli Prime Minister Bennett and Foreign Minister Lapid decided to issue new travel warning and call upon Israeli citizens to leave Ukraine immediately, Israeli officials tell
Secretary Antony Blinken:Spoke with @TrussLiz today and appreciate her strong coordination with the U.S., Allies, and partners to deter Russia's escalation against Ukraine. The U.S. and UK are in lock-step to ensure Russia will face severe costs if it further invades Ukraine
1 год назадPolish Ministry of National Defense: More American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division arrived to Poland today
France says President Macron to speak to Biden, Scholz, Zelensky Saturday
Biden and Putin are speaking now, per pool. Call began at 11:04 am eastern
1 год назадUS military equipment and soldiers are inside in a temporary base in Mielec, Poland
1 год назадArmed with Novator 3M14 (NATO:SSN-30-A) Kalibr-PL cruise missiles, Russian Navy Project 636.3 Kilo+ class sub Black Sea Fleet 4th Independent Submarine Brigade's Rostov-na-Donu B237 transited Dardanelles towards Marmara en route to Black Sea
KLM stops flying to Ukraine due to travel advice code red
BLAME BIDEN: Former President Trump on why Putin is showing aggression toward Ukraine now
The Baltic States have requested an OSCE meeting with flag-byflag-byBelarus in order to clarify the true extent of the military exercise "Union Reolve-2022". Until now Belarus has not clearly disclosed this information. The meeting has to convene within the next 48 hours
1 год назадMilitary convoy filmed near Temryuk
A small team of about 30 UK troops from the specialist Ranger regimentthat was sent in on a temporary basis last month to train Ukrainian military personnel on anti-tank weapons gifted by UK will also be withdrawing from Ukraine, it is understood
Министерство иностранных дел Польши не советует ненужных поездок в Украину
US @SecDef Lloyd Austin spoke by phone early Saturday with #Russia Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu "They discussed Russia's force build-up in #Crimea and around #Ukraine" per US readout
@DeptofDefense pulling 160 members of the @FLGuard from #Ukraine "They are departing Ukraine & will reposition elsewhere in #Europe" per @PentagonPresSec @SecDef "made this decision out of an abundance of caution—with the safety & security of our personnel foremost in mind"
Czech Republic MFA advised its citizens not to travel to Ukraine, Belarus. Also advised to consider leaving both countries. Embassy in Kyiv will run normally for now. Family members of diplomatic staff will leave
Pentagon orders 160 members of the Florida National Guard in Ukraine to leave the country to "temporarily reposition" to elsewhere in Europe
The call between Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Putin lasted 1h40 - Élysée
Шойгу поговорил по телефону с министром обороны США, обсудили вопросы безопасности, представляющие взаимный интерес – Минобороны РФ
1 год назадBoeing C17A Globemaster III Siauliai-Kyiv
Russian Foreign Ministry: Kyiv has not implemented any of the Minsk agreements
Around 100 British troops on a training mission in Ukraine - dubbed Op Orbital - set up in 2015 in wake of Russia's annexation of Crimea to support Ukrainian armed forces will be withdrawing from the country this weekend, @DefenceHQ says
1 год назадRussian military filmed near Bakhchysarai
1 год назадBlinken to Lavrov: should Moscow pursue the path of aggression and further invade Ukraine, it would result in a resolute, massive, and united Transatlantic response
1 год назадЛавров сказал Блинкену, что Запад преследует "провокационные цели" в Украине – МИД РФ
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky talked with the media after watching the tactical and special exercises (Kalanchak, Kherson region).
1 год назадMarch for "Unity of Ukraine" in Kyiv
After urgent warnings from US, Ukraine's President Zelensky pushes back: "The truth is that we have different information. And now the best friend for enemies is panic in our country. And all this information helps only to create panic, doesn't help us," Zelensky said today
Turkish FM Cavusoglu and Belarusian counterpart Makei discussed a range of issues, including latest developments regarding the Russia-Ukraine row over phone
Lavrov in a call with Blinken this pm accused the US and its allies of waging a "propaganda campaign about 'Russian aggression' against Ukraine
Zelenskiy in a live broadcast on the US intel: "If you have additional, 100 percent-certain information about a Russian invasion of Ukraine, please share it with us. I cannot agree or disagree with what hasn't happened yet. Right now there is no full-scale invasion of Ukraine
1 год назадProtest against war is about to begin in Kyiv
The Netherlands is the latest European country to pull most diplomats out of Ukraine and upgrade the urgency of its recommendation to private citizens to depart. Foreign Minister Hoekstra issues this call after "consultation with various allies
Prime Minister Bennett held consultations on Ukraine crisis and decided to prepare for issuing a new travel warning that will call for Israelis to leave Ukraine immediately, Israeli official says
The Federal Foreign Office has just tightened the travel and safety instructions for Ukraine: - Warnings are given against travel - Consulate General in Dnipro is closed with immediate effect - Recommendation to register on the crisis prevention list ("German list")
State Department orders evacuation of 'most' U.S. embassy staff in Ukraine due to 'threat of Russian military action'
1 год назадAnother military convoy on the move filmed in Crimea
CBS has learned the US Embassy will operate a fallback location in Lviv, Ukraine, closer to the Polish border. The minimal staff there will maintain consular services out of a temporary facility that has been setup over the past week. Evacuations started overnight
1 год назад7x US Army UH-60 Black Hawk DUKE43/44/45/46/47/48/49 from U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden heading towards Poland
Ukraine says 'critically important to remain calm' in face of Russia threat
Россия делает вывод, что США и Британия знают о неких готовящихся в Украине силовых акциях — МИД РФ
-US Navy P8 Poseidon AE6829 orbiting off the coast of #Cyprus -Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet Sergey Balk Tug
Asked by @humeyra_pamuk if the US is planning to evacuate its embassy in Kyiv, @SecBlinken said they would have more to say about the embassy "in the coming hours," noting that it is something they've "been continuing to focus on
[email protected] says he will speak with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today
Blinken: If Putin decides to launch military action, we will impose severe sanctions on Russia
Более 30 кораблей Черноморского флота вышли в море из Севастополя и Новороссийска по плану учения
1 год назадUSAF RQ4 Global Hawk FORTE12 keeping an eye on all flanks
Services in Russian consulates in Ukraine restricted as diplomats preparing to leave
U.S. officials say the United States is preparing to evacuate its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent
1 год назадПод Валуйками Белгородской области сняли большую военную колонну
[email protected] "made clear that the United States continues to see signs of Russian escalation, including new forces arriving at the Ukrainian border" per @PentagonPresSec "He also reiterated that we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time" #Russia-#Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Friday to discuss the "increasingly acute threat of possible further Russian aggression," according to a State Department readout
1 год назадAn evacuation plan has been approved in Kyiv, - Klitschko said
1 год назадGlobal Hawk FORTE12 airborne for late night mission
Путин и Байден планируют провести телефонный разговор вечером 12 февраля, он состоится по запросу американской стороны - Песков
Two independent sources claim US utilities companies are placed on high alert, following peaks of malware deployment at many of them in the last days. Expectation is for simultaneous muscle-flexing cyber attacks on US companies
1 год назад[email protected] Chair Gen Mark Milley also held calls with: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Britain. Topics included "ongoing coordination during the adjustment of US force posture in Europe"
1 год назадCall between @thejointstaff Chair Gen Mark Milley & Chair of the @NATO Military Committee Adm. Rob Bauer Per US, they "discussed NATO's current operations and ongoing coordination during the adjustment of US force posture in Europe"
1 год назадUS readout of call between @thejointstaff Chair Gen Mark Milley & Chief of Russian General Staff Gen Valery Gerasimov They discussed "several security-related issues of concern" but "have agreed to keep the specific details of their conversation private"
US State Department is calling US citizens here in Ukraine and telling them they should leave the country immediately. It's not an automated message. A real person is on the line asking if people have made travel arrangements. @Kiehart just got that call here in Kyiv
One source from today's North Atlantic Council: "the situation is really serious, really worrying but not yet fatal". "next week will be decisive". Another NAC on Monday but ambassadors are on standby to meet already on Sun
The Biden administration has made a decision to send 3,000 additional troops from the 82 Airborne to Poland in the coming days amid growing concern about Russia's growing military presence near Ukraine, U.S. officials tell Reuters
'Expect' Biden to call Putin soon. 'We are trying to stop a war,' national security adviser says
Sullivan: We're trying to prevent a war in Europe and protect our resources
Despite reports that Putin has made a decision to invade, @JakeSullivan46 says "our view is that we do not believe he has made any kind of final decision, or we don't know that he has made any final decision
White House national security adviser says a 'rapid assault' by Russian forces on Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv is a possibility
"We are not saying that a final decision has been taken by President Putin," Sullivan says, but stresses Russian military action could happen "any day now"
Sullivan takes a more urgent plea with Americans still in Ukraine: He said they should leave within the next 24-48 hours. "The risk is now high enough and the threat is immediate enough but prudence demands that it is the time to leave now," he says
NSA Sullivan says Americans in Ukraine should leave in the next 24-48 hours. He says if they stay they are "assuming risk." He notes aerial bombings and missile attacks would likely mark the beginning of a Russian invasion which would kill civilians, no matter their nationality
Possible Russia invasion of Ukraine - "I do want to be clear" per @JakeSullivan46 "It could begin during the olympics despite a lot of speculation that it would only happen after"
US National Security Adviser @JakeSullivan46 briefs reporters on Russia-Ukraine: "We are in the window where an invasion could begin at any time should Putin decide to order it" he says
The US is planning to pull its observers from the OSCE mission in Ukraine, sources say. The Biden admin is also discussing the possibility of further reducing the number of staff at the US Embassy in Kyiv, moving either out of country or further west
NATO ambassadors have convened a highly unusual Friday night meeting to discuss increased concerns about Russian military planning
British nationals in Ukraine should leave the country now, Foreign Office advises
Британское правительство рекомендует не ездить в Украину
The US believes Russian President Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, and communicated those plans to the Russian military
A Ukrainian skeleton athlete flashed a small sign that read " No War in Ukraine " to the cameras as he finished a run at the Beijing Olympics on Friday night, a plea for peace at a time of rising tensions - @AP
Moscow considers Kyiv's request for clarification about its military movements unacceptable
1 год назадStoltenberg: Took part in leaders' meeting hosted by @POTUS to address high risk of future aggression from Russia against Ukraine. We stand united & prepared for any scenario. NATO remains open for dialogue, while making sure we protect all Allies
EU staff evacuating Ukraine, according to several officials. Only essential staff being asked to stay
1 год назадCurrently, there are no grounds for evacuating documents from government agencies - secretary of NSDC of Ukraine Danilov
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine has imposed sanctions against NASH TV channel for 5 years
The Norwegian Foreign Ministry is advising all Norwegians to leave Ukraine, in addition to urging people to avoid travel to Russia and Belarus - NRK
US and allies have new intel that suggests Russia could be planning to attack Ukraine prior to end of Olympics, contrary to previous assessments. New intel comes as officials have dramatically ramped up the urgency of public warnings related to Ukraine in past 24 hours
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel: Following the worsening of the situation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends that Israeli citizens residing in Ukraine consider staying in the country and in any case avoid approaching hotspots. Recommends that Israeli citizens planning to come to Ukraine consider avoiding it at this time
