3 years agoRussian Diplomatic source confirmed to RIA Novosti that NATO response to Russia leaked by El Pais is authentic
3 years agoKlimovo, western Russia, near Belarus and Ukraine borders. Military equipment and storage facilities. Jan. 19
3 years agoPogonovo training area, near Voronezh, western Russia. Jan. 26. Battle groups, firing range, towed artillery, live-fire training area
3 years agoHere is @Maxar's comparison of the Novoozernoe site in Crimea. Some equipment is missing, but more importantly, a camp for personnel has been established
3 years agoYelnya, western Russia. Jan. 19. Battle groups, tanks, artillery, support, troops
3 years agoYevpatoria, western Crimea. Feb. 1. Russian troop tents and armored vehicles
3 years agoNovoozernoye, Crimea. More Russian troop tents, various vehicles, tanks, other materiel
3 years agoTents/shelters for personnel, @Maxar adds, "suggests the units are now accompanied with troops and have increased their overall readiness level; moreover, local military training activity (including live-fire artillery and maneuver training) has been observed in progress at numerous training areas
3 years ago"During the past couple of weeks, several new significant military deployments have been observed in Belarus. Also, troop tents/shelters for personnel have been seen at virtually every deployment location in Belarus, Crimea and western Russia," @Maxar says
3 years agoA sitting State Duma deputy from Chechnya went on Instagram today & threatened (in Chechen) to behead both the relatives of a retired judge & anyone who translates his threat into Russian
3 years agoMilitary convoy filmed in Belgorod region near the border of Ukraine
3 years agoMilitary convoy geolocated at Slovyansk-na-Kubani, moving towards Crimea
3 years agoJens Stoltenberg: Continued coordination with @SecBlinken, @RauZbigniew and @JosepBorrellF on Russia's unjustified military build-up in and around Ukraine and our next steps
3 years agoUS told Kremlin it's willing to discuss giving Russia a way to verify there aren't Tomahawk cruise missiles stationed at NATO bases in Romania and Poland—on condition Russia shares similar info on certain bases in Russia, sources tell @JenniferJJacobs, @AlbertoNardelli and Henry Meyer
3 years agoRussia adding to combat capabilities but also "sustainment & logistics" to forces surrounding Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec "That includes field hospitals & doctors & nurses" "[Putin] has enough capability to move now if he wants to.he could move imminently" per Kirby
3 years agoMilitary convoy filmed on the highway between Smolensk and Bryansk
3 years agoGazprom booked the capacity of the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe pipeline at the end of the gas day on February 1 from 0:00 to 8:00 Moscow time in the amount of 1.6 million cubic meters per hour. Yamal-Europe has not pumped gas in the forward direction (from east to west) since December 21 last year
3 years agoThe US has not shared the intel about the imminent Russian threat with Ukraine, the sources close to the Ukrainian government told. American officials are only citing the intel report but not sharing the document itself with Kyiv, they clarified
3 years agoOrbán has raised his voice in Moscow against the EU's Russia sanctions policy: "Sanctions policies did not bring the desired effect in the case of Russia at all" - he said as if he had forgotten that he had also approved all of those sanctions in Brussels
3 years agoThe Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has confirmed to the BBC that he will visit Moscow next week for talks with Russia Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu
3 years ago"We are very grateful" per Estonia PM @kajakallas, asked about @POTUS' handling of the Russia-Ukraine standoff "We feel we are also heard in this process"
3 years ago.@SecBlinken has spoken with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Per @StateDeptSpox, he emphasized US willingness "to continue a substantive exchange with Russia on mutual security concerns," urged "immediate Russian de-escalation
3 years agoDelayed phone call over Ukraine crisis between UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson & Russian President Putin has been rescheduled and is now set to happen on Wednesday, the UK PM's spokesman says
3 years agoWith Russiasupplying about a third of European gas, tensions over Ukraine put the EU's EnergySecurity at risk. In a joint statement, @vonderleyen and @POTUS commit to intensifying energy cooperation to avoid shocks in case of an escalation
3 years agoThe troops of the Eastern Military District, as part of the test of the reaction forces of the Union State, were deployed at a distance of up to 10 thousand km, Shoigu said.
3 years agoRussia is still preparing response on U.S and NATO reply to Russian security guarantees proposals, but Lavrov sent NATO’s MFAs document on understating of indivisibility of security - Russian Foreign Ministry
3 years agoState 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
3 years agoMoscow 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"
3 years agoSome navy vessels of Russia's Northern Fleet are heading South towards the Channel. Only the position of an associated tanker, the Vyazma, is visible. In its path is Danish frigate HDMS Peter Willemoes (F362), currently part of NATO's SNMG1 (NATO Standing Maritime Group 1)
3 years agoLooks like a large scale deployment of Rosgvardiya continues