2 dead as result of crash of An-2 at Kamchatka
Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, told a televised briefing that both sides would likely meet again soon and hoped for a breakthrough on prisoner exchanges and the opening of checkpoints in eastern Ukraine
Nearly nine hours of talks between Ukraine and Russia on Thursday failed to produce a breakthrough on signing a joint document, but both sides agreed to keep talking, the chief of staff to Ukraine's president said after the talks in Berlin
NBC Interview: Asked what scenario could prompt him to send troops to rescue Americans fleeing the country, Biden replied: "There's not. That's a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another
"American citizens should leave [Ukraine] now," Biden told NBC. "It's not like we're dealing with a terrorist organization. We're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. It's a very different situation and things could go crazy quickly"
Moscow hopes that Kyiv will have the prudence not to start hostilities, - Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of the Russian presidential administration, after the talks
1 year agoNo breakthroughs, no joint document. But it happened as it happened, - said Andriy Yermak after 9 hours of talks
1 year agoRussia suddenly abandoned the blockage of the Sea of Azov
1 year agoImages 15-18: near Kursk, Russia. (all from Maxar)
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia filed a formal transparency request under the OSCE rules for Minsk to disclose Belarus-Russia military exercise information as a confidence-building measure
1 year agoAir Defense system 9K330 Tor filmed in Novyy Oskol
Russian Soyuz rocket with 34 satellites of the British company OneWeb launched from the Kourou cosmodrome
1 year agoT-80BV and T-72B3 at Rzhava station in Pristen, Kursk Oblast
Russia has already deployed nearly 100 of the military's 168 battalion-tactical groups and dispatched personnel and equipment from six of the seven Russian special operations units, called Spetsnaz, according to a US intelligence assessment
1 year agoMilitary convoy with Iskander filmed today in Oryol region
1 year agoRussia's special envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov: It's time to remove the Taliban from the list of terrorist groups banned in Russia. Taliban is not designated as a terrorist group in Russia but UNSC listed some Taliban leaders as militants
Lavrov told the British Foreign Minister that the imposition of sanctions by London against Moscow would meet with a measured and tough response, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed near Vyazma
1 year agoBig military convoy filmed on M-3 highway near Naro-Fominsk
1 year agoMilitary echelon filmed today in Belgorod
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Gubkin city in Belgorod region of Russia
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Suzemka of Bryansk region
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Timsky district of Kursk region
1 year agoMilitary echelon in Zmiyevka, south to Oryol today
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Pristen, Kursk region
Russian media report that meeting in Normandy Format on the level of advisors has started in Berlin
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about continued coordination of the Transatlantic response to ongoing Russian threats against Ukraine
Minister of Defense of Ukraine appeals to international community to close ports for Russian vessels as response to Russian blockade of Azov Sea & Black Sea
Putin holds a meeting with Kazakh President Tokayev in Moscow
1 year agoLavrov now saying Budapest memorandum didn't apply because Maidan revolution was neo-Nazi fascist and the memorandum demanded respect of national minorities
Britain: Russia must return its military build-up on Ukraine's borders to stop tension
Josep Borrell Fontelles:I replied on behalf of the EU Member States to the letters they received from Minister Lavrov. Tensions and disagreements must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy. We call on Russia to de-escalate and to reverse its military build-up in and around Ukraine and in Belarus
1 year agoThe first of a number of B-52 bombers, callsign 'HATE14', is now arriving in the United Kingdom and is currently west of Glasgow and descending for RAF Fairford
Lavrov following a meeting with the head of the British Foreign Office: it is like a conversation between a dumb and a deaf. Compares talks with frozen ground for invasion of Russian tanks into Ukraine
Lavrov: Russia may advise non-essential staff of its diplomatic missions in Ukraine to leave the country
1 year agoDutch parliament votes in favor of motion calling on the government to freeze the assets of Putin and his oligarchs to stop an invasion in Ukraine
Exercises of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea do not interfere with merchant ships - Peskov
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry: We strongly protest Russia's decision to block parts of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait under the pretext of naval drills. The unprecedentedly large area of exercises essentially disables international navigation in both seas
1 year agoNATO SecGen Stoltenberg with PM Johnson describes Russia's military build-up as a "dangerous moment" for Europe. He says, "the number of Russian forces is going up. The warning time for a possible attack is going down"
1 year agoNATO Secretary General warns that Russia has massed "more than 125,000 combat-ready troops" around Ukraine "The readiness and number of Russian forces is going up. The warning time for an attack is going down" - @jensstoltenberg
1 year agoA convoy of Russian military equipment was spotted in Naroulya (Gomel region, Belarus) today. The column included: recovery vehicle (REM KL), T-72B tank of the 1989 model, mobile reconnaissance point PRP-4 on the BMP chassis
Ben Wallace heads to Moscow tomorrow for talks with defence minister & key Putin ally Sergey Shoigu. He'll be accompanied by Tony Radakin and commander of field army Lt Gen Ralph Wooddisse. Wallace tells us today we need to look at "lessons from the [ending of the] Cold War"
Russian FSB claims it detained network of 14 suspects making false bomb threats, and accused 18y.o. citizen of Ukraine from Volyn region as organizer of network
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Ivnya, Belgorod region
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Gorshechnoye, Kursk region
Liz Truss: We cannot ignore the increase in Russian forces on the border with Ukraine
British Foreign Secretary: We are concerned about the Russian military build-up on the border with Ukraine
British Foreign Secretary: An outbreak of war in Ukraine would be a disaster for all sides
Meeting between Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Lavrov started in Moscow
Ukraine's president denounces Russian-Belarusian military exercises as a means of psychological pressure
British Defense Minister: The government is ready with a package of sanctions against Russia and will present them to Parliament
Polish Defense Minister @mblaszczak @MON_GOV_PL: Ukraine has been surrounded, the south is the annexation of Crimea and rally of troops there, rally in the east along the border and now exercises in Belarus with the participation of Russian troops, from the north
1 year agoFire at Sheremetyevo Airport. The fire broke out in parking lot No. 208. A short circuit occurred while charging the on-board batteries. No damage to aircraft
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Kursk
1 year agoToyota Hilux pickups from the Special Operations Forces (SSO) units of the Russian Federation. Smolensk
1 year agoNew military camp deployed near Staryy Oskol
Britain sending another 1,000 troops to Poland "to support a humanitarian response in the region should it be needed" per UK government PM @BorisJohnson also traveling to Brussels, Warsaw for discussions with @NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg & Polish leaders re Russia-Ukraine
1 year agoRussian Navy Northern Fleet's Kola based 121st Landing Ship Brigade vessels Russian Navy Project775 Ropucha class LSTM Georgy Pobedonosets 016 & Olenegorsky Gornyak 012 and Project 11711 Ivan Gren class Pyotr Morgunov 117 transited Bosphorus and entered the Black Sea
The Pentagon says it has seen Russia sending additional capabilities along its border with Ukraine and into Belarus in the last 24 hours
1 year ago.@thejointstaff's Gen Mark Milley spoke with Ukraine Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces LtGen Valery Zaluzhny Per readout, they exchanged "perspectives & assessments of the security environment" Milley "reaffirmed unwavering support" for Ukraine's territorial integrity
1 year agoTanks filmed in Rostov region
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed between Korenevo and Rylsk
I wouldn't make a prediction of what it means in terms of a Russian invasion to Ukraine - @PressSec on tomorrow's Russia - Belarus military exercise
President Biden and President Macron spoke this morning following the French president's visits to Russia and Ukraine, making it Biden and Macron's third call within a week
Psaki points to State Dept. estimate in October of around 6,600 US citizens living in Ukraine. She reiterates the US does not do mass evacuations & repeats that US is encouraging American citizens in Ukraine to leave "now"
1 year agoTraining Cessna light plane crashed in Tatarstan, no casualties
1 year agoRussia closing wide areas of Black Sea and almost whole Azov Sea for missile exercises. NOTAMs issued
1 year agoU.S. military helicopters on the way to Poland
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Rostov
1 year agoBig military convoy in Chaltyr, west to Rostov
1 year agoMilitary echelon filmed in Novyy Oskol
For the first time since 1999 there will be no official delegation from Russia at the @MunSecConf
