A total of 24 Russian warships have been operating in the Sea of Japan(East Sea) and the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk since Feb. 1, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday, in what defense chief Nobuo Kishi called part of "unusual" large-scale military exercises
1 година назадQuad foreign ministers discuss Russia/Ukraine
Internet services of Russian telecommunication provider Megafon are not available in Moscow, St.Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novosibirsk and Krasnodar Krai
Czech Republic MoI @Vit_Rakusan: We are ready to welcome thousands of Ukraine refugees if there is a military conflict with Russia. But we still hope there won't be a war. We can see disinformation platforms are more active these days
"In our assessment, the Russian Armed Forces are ready to embark on a full-scale military operation against Ukraine from the second half of February" per assessment from Estonia Foreign Intelligence Service
"We are not seeking direct confrontation with Russia," @POTUS says but warns that if Russia provokes the US, it will respond. He specifically cites that in the event of any cyber attacks against "our companies" the US is "prepared to respond"
Biden: "We're not seeking direct confrontation with Russia. I've been clear that if Russia targets Americans in Ukraine, we will respond forcefully"
"I will not send American servicemen to fight in Ukraine. [but] the United States will defend every inch of NATO territory with the full force of American power. An attack against one NATO country is an attack against all of us." -Biden
"If Russia attacks Ukraine, it will be a war of choice or a war without cause or reason," Biden says. "The world will not forget that Russia chose needless death and destruction
If Russia invades Ukraine, "we will rally the world to oppose its aggression," continues @POTUS
Biden: Neither NATO nor Ukraine threatens Russia. We are not attacking Russia. We do not plan to destabilize Russia. I don't believe you want a bloody war
Biden: "To the citizens of Russia, you are not our enemy. And I do not believe you want a bloody destructive war against Ukraine, a country and the people with whom you share such deep ties of family history and culture"
Biden says there are 150,000 Russian troops encircling Ukraine
Biden: "The Russian defense minister reported today that some military units are leaving their positions near Ukraine. That would be good. We have not yet verified that. Indeed, our analysts indicate that they remain very much in a threatening position"
1 година назадUS "prepared no matter what happens" in Ukraine, says @POTUS, adding an attack by Russia is still "very much a possibility"
Washington Post: Russian government hackers have penetrated Ukrainian military, energy and other critical computer systems, U.S. government says
1 година назадThere's been a phone call today between @SecBlinken and his Russian counterpart, according to @StateDeptSpox
Russia recognition of Ukraine separatist regions would be 'attack without weapons': France
1 година назадUkrainian Minister of Defense:Very informative discussion with British colleague @BWallaceMP. We exchanged views on the results of his visit to Moscow & my call with the DefMinister of the Belarus. Our positions were synchronized before the meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Feb17
Paris: Macron and Biden agreed to verify the correctness of reports of the start of the Russian withdrawal from the borders of Ukraine
Ukraine's delegation to trilateral contact group seeks meeting after Russian parliament calls for recognition of occupied areas in Ukraine
1 година назадVideo showing S-300 system and missile containers in Vesela Lopan, Belgorod region
1 година назадLavrov, in a conversation with Blinken, noted the inadmissibility of aggressive rhetoric pumped up by Washington, calling for a pragmatic dialogue on issues raised by Russia - Russian Foreign Ministry
A White House Official says President Joe Biden talked with French President Macron by phone starting at 10:11a ET. That call lasted 49 minutes. They talked about Russian aggression
1 година назадRussian Defense Minister Shoigu arrived in Syria to inspect the exercises, and also met with Assad. More than 15 warships and over 30 aircraft are taking part in the exercises of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea
Germany's @Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz after meeting with Russian President Putin, calls for courageous action from all, says it is our "damned duty" to stand up for peace
Amid Russian statements about redeploying forces, @SecBlinken speaking now to FM Lavrov, a State Dept official says
Asked by @dpa if Russia will withdraw troops from border and commit to not invade, Putin says "we will act according to the plan..and the plan depends on what happens on the ground.."
1 година назадA Russian invasion of Ukraine is "highly likely", but there's a possibility the current stalemate could endure for an "extended period", UK foreign secretary said in a letter to MPs. @trussliz said any invasion, though, could be imminent & happen with no or little warning
Putin, re Ukraine joining NATO: "We need to resolve this question now"
Putin repeats his line that Russia was promised 30 years ago that NATO wouldn't expand. "And now we see NATO infrastructure right at our borders
Scholz says he told Putin a conviction of @navalny "is not acceptable in our opinion"
Putin, asked if Russian troop withdrawal will continue, says "who will be able to answer how it will develop? At the moment, nobody. It does not depend just on us."
Scholz: "If [war over Ukraine] does happen, it would have far-reaching consequences"
Scholz: "If we ignore the Minsk agreement and what was voted on today in the Russian parliament becomes reality, the process would end and that would be a disaster"
1 година назадPutin seems to say he won't confirm vote: "I've just been informed by my administration. Deputies follow public opinion. It's clear overwhelming majority sympathise with Donbass citizens. But need to resolve the problem that Donbass, but we need to do it via Minsk"
Scholz pushes back against Putin's remarks on Yugoslavia - says that was a response to "mass murder." Putin cuts in: "according to our estimates, what is happening today in Donbas is genocide
Putin: what is happening now in the Donbass is genocide
Putin: Russia doesn't want war, that's why it put forward its security proposals
The US State Department: We are not sure of reports that Russia has withdrawn some of its forces from the borders of Ukraine
Russian President Putin says "there are mass violations of human rights being legitimised in Ukraine"
German Chancellor Scholz, standing next to Putin in Moscow, says it is urgent to have de-escalation so there is not a war in Europe
Scholz: I explained to the Russian President during the talks that the Russian military build-up on the borders of Ukraine is a threat
Scholz said that in his talks with Putin, he expressed hope that DW would be able to work in Russia
Putin says "we see threats in forceful constrain of Russia"
1 година назадDe-escalation rhetoric now from Putin: Although US & NATO responses "didn't answer Russia's concerns" they "contained ideas that we are not against discussing"
Putin: Western and American responses did not respond to Russian demands
Putin: "the three basic Russian requirements that were put forward have not been met"
Putin: We must respond to Russian concerns and meet the security guarantees it demands
Putin after talks with Scholz: Russia will continue gas supplies through Ukraine even after 2024, if there is demand and profitability
Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: Russia’s recognition of the so-called “Donetsk and Luhansk peoples’ republics” will be tantamount to its deliberate withdrawal from the Minsk Agreements. We call on Moscow to take a constructive stance towards achieving progress in the framework of existing negotiation formats.
Top cybersecurity officials from the US Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have warned of potential attacks on American cyber infrastructure in concert with a physical Russian invasion of Ukraine: ABC
Russian recognition of Donetsk/Luhansk regions "will be a blatant violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty.it will also be a violation of the Minsk agreements. So it will make it even harder to find a political solution," Stoltenberg says
1 година назадA military camp was set up on the outskirts of Veselaya Lopan, a village in Belgorod region located 15 km from the Hoptivka border crossing. Medium resolution image of the camp
AP: The officials said Zero Hedge, which has 1.2 million Twitter followers, published articles created by Moscow-controlled media that were then shared by outlets and people unaware of their nexus to Russian intelligence
1 година назадUK intelligence on Russia-Ukraine border crisis 'not encouraging': PM
"We have not received any response from Russia yet," to NATO's written proposal, sent to Moscow in January, Stoltenberg said
Russian MiG-31K with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles and Tu-22M3 bombers arrived in Syria for Navy exercise in Mediterranean Sea
The accumulated troops enable Russia to launch an immediate invasion of Ukraine, assesses NATO's Secretary General. @jensstoltenberg emphasizes: Russia will pay a heavy price for possible aggression against Ukraine
AP: U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website Zero Hedge of amplifying Kremlin propaganda and alleged five media outlets targeting Ukrainians have taken direction from Russian spies
1 година назадNATO chief Stoltenberg says even if the current crisis over Russia's buildup declines, he expects "long-term consequences, long-term deterioration of the security architecture in Europe." In other words, NATO's reinforcement of its eastern flank will continue
1 година назад"Uragan" MLRS and other Russian military equipment was spotted today (15.02) in Mozyr district, moving in the direction of Lelchytsy (Gomel region, Belarus), which is located 10 km from the border with Ukraine
NATO Sec Gen says NATO has not received any response from Russia to the proposals it sent in late January
1 година назадNATO chief Stoltenberg says there are signals from Moscow that diplomacy should continue but that there have been no physical signs of de-escalation on the ground
1 година назадOn trial in prison in Vladimir Oblast Alexei Navalny says that millions of trials by the Moscow city court were analysed and only 0.01 percent were held off the premises. Never in the history of Russia or the Soviet Union has one been held outside the region or in prison
1 година назадDay two: B-52 (60-0044) heading north over Norway
Russia will not take part in today's OSCE Vienna Document meeting - Deputy FM Grushko
Russian Foreign Ministry: It's time for Britain to apologize for its lies about "Russian invasion of Ukraine"
Lavrov: Russia is ready to conduct consultations on issues of the INF and reduction of military risks
Lavrov: If Ukraine refuses to join NATO, many will breathe a sigh of relief, including in Europe
Russia's response to the US and NATO proposals on security guarantees will be published, Moscow has nothing to hide - Lavrov
1 година назадBig military convoy filmed in Oktyabrsky district of Kursk region
The Russian Northern Fleet has begun exercises in the Barents Sea with the participation of about 20 ships, including the cruiser Pyotr Veliky and the frigate Admiral Gorshkov
Lavrov: I hope the history of the OSCE mission in Kosovo, where its withdrawal was used as a trigger for NATO intervention, will not be repeated in Donbass
1 година назадTalks between Putin and Scholz began in the Kremlin
The State Duma voted for a draft resolution on the need to recognize the "LNR" and the "DNR" on the occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. Resolution will be sent to the president immediately, - speaker Volodin said
The Kremlin: Putin and the German chancellor's talks today will discuss security guarantees and unprecedented tension in Europe
1 година назад2x Russian Air Force Il-76MD-90A CTA0558K and RA-76686 en route to Gomel Belarus
1 година назадPinsk (Brest region, Belarus) this morning (15.02). A train with Russian military equipment was heading towards Luninets
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Kuleba on the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the return of troops from the exercises: we'll see, then we'll believe
1 година назадOSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Zbigniew Rau meets Lavrov in Moscow
Units of the Southern and Western military districts will begin returning to their permanent deployment points on Tuesday after the exercises - Russian Defense Ministry
The court began to consider the criminal case of Navalny in the penal colony in Pokrov
1 година назадBrazil's President Jair Bolsonaro en route to Russia
British Foreign Office warns of military operations by Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine within days
1 година назадYelnya, Russia, Jan. 19 vs. Feb. 13. Shows Russian battle tactical group presence and departure
NATO defence ministers are expected this week to set in motion a plan that could establish four multinational battlegroups in southeastern Europe in response to Russia's military build-up in Ukraine
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - southwestern Siberia, Russia
1 година назадRussian military build-up continues at the border of Ukraine: massive military activity filmed in Kursk region
Canada approves sale of $7.8 in lethal military equipment to Ukraine. PM Trudeau says move being made in conjunction with U.S., UK and other allies in attempt to dissuade Russian aggression. Canada also offering additional $500M in loans, on top of $120M promise made last month
Kremlin Spokesman tells Russian President Putin is "willing to negotiate." He also said for Russia Ukraine is only part of a larger security issue. "it's a part of the bigger problem of security guarantees for Russia," Peskov said
1 година назадMilitary convoy filmed in Prizrachnoye, Belgorod region
1 година назадMilitary movement near Postoyalye Dvory firing range
1 година назадKasta-2E2 near Nikolskoe in Belgorod Oblast. (first portion of the video)
The White House: We saw an increase in Russian forces on the Ukrainian border
1 година назадRussian field hospital arriving to Belgorod
US Sec of Def L. Austin to Belgium, Poland, and Lithuania tomorrow. "To discuss Russia's military buildup in and around Ukraine, reiterate the U.S. commitment to Article 5" - Pentagon
"There shouldn't be a need for evacuation assistance. There shouldn't be a need for people to have to flee their homeland" per @PentagonPresSec re Russia-Ukraine
Downing Street says Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden agree there remains a "crucial window for diplomacy and for Russia to step back from its threats towards Ukraine"
Pentagon says Russia has 'added' forces to Ukraine border and is doing 'all the things you would expect him to do' to invade. Russia could invade with 'little to no warning'
