2 year agoMilitary echelon filmed in Yanaul
2 year agoUnder Secretary Victoria Nuland: Diplomacy with Russia, @NATO, and the @OSCE is the best option to resolve the crisis Russia has created for Ukraine, for European security, and for global security. No one needs a conflict now, least of all Russia
2 year ago.@SecBlinken & @DmytroKuleba "discussed outcomes and next steps following the U.S.-Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue in Geneva and in advance of the NATO-Russia Council meeting in Brussels," per @StateDeptSpox
.@SecBlinken is briefing a group of lawmakers who are considering traveling to Ukraine, per @UnderSecStateP. He will discuss "all aspects of the policy & make sure that they're up to date, both on the diplomacy but also on the costs and on our engagements with the Ukrainians
2 year agoMilitary echelon in Irkutsk
2 year agoPhotos of Russian servicemen in Almaty, presumably from the 45th Spetsnaz Brigade with Spartanets-3 and LShZ1+ helmets, AK-12 rifles, and Tigr-M SpN with Arbalet-DM.
2 year agoMilitary echelon in Novosibirsk
2 year agoUnknown location
Covered military echelon filmed in Russia
2 year agoKranoyarsk Krai: according to witness at least 5th military echelon today
2 year agoMilitary echelon filmed in Omsk
2 year agoMilitary echelon filmed in Kemerovo
Russian Western Military district launched field trainings in Bryansk, Smolensk, Belgorod and Voronezh regions with 3000 servicemen, 300 vehicles including T-72B3 tanks and BMP-2
At a meeting of the Security Council of Russian Federation, Putin discussed issues of organizing work in the border regions of Russia, including security issues and infrastructure problems
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to temporarily restrict official business trips and vacations outside Russia for the military in order to prevent the spread of the omicron in the Russian army
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson urged not to rely on US statements following the talks on security guarantees in Geneva
Russia hopes to achieve a result at the meeting of the Russia-NATO Council on January 12, - spokesperson of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2 year agoWendy Sherman: .@jensstoltenberg and I met to discuss tomorrow's NATO-Russia Council and the need for Russian actions to de-escalate tensions. We affirmed a unified @NATO approach toward Russia balancing deterrence and dialogue, and stressed our unwavering support for Ukraine
2 year agoImage of the Russian military camp based at Novoozerne, Crimea on 08-Jan
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu: CSTO peacekeeping forces will complete their mission in Kazakhstan after complete stabilization of the situation in this country by decision of the republic's leadership
1 dead as result of gas explosion and fire in apartment in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
The Latvian special services have detained two people on suspicion of cooperation with the Russian military intelligence, LETA reported.
2 year agoMilitary echelon at Zilovo
2 year agoAccording to American officials, Russia has just under 60 BTGs "on the ground" (presumably, near Ukraine). They also report Russia has positioned additional "Attack and transport helicopters, along with ground attack fighter jets"
2 year agoMilitary loading into echelons at Ulan-Ude
2 year agoMore NOTAMs, active from tomorrow: Otreshkovo Training Ground - Kursk, where 6th CAA elements are encamped. Pogonovo Training Ground - Voronezh, where 1st GTA elements are encamped
2 year agoA two-part NOTAM, issued for the training ground near Unecha, NW of Klintsy - Bryansk Oblast on the 14th. This indicates possible exercise activity there
This wasn't a negotiation and was not intended to reach a decisive decision, @StateDeptSpox says. When pressed, he says U.S. and Russian officials made an agreement to talk again in the coming days to see what's next
2 year agoOn #GenevaTalks, @StateDeptSpox said the discussions were preliminary and for the US and Russia to come with "viable, practical, reciprocal ideas." "We did not intend this to be a forum where certainly decisions were reached" or "any breakthroughs could be achieved”
The Biden administration quietly authorized an additional $200 million in security assistance to Ukraine in late December amid a Russian troop buildup along Ukraine's borders that has sparked fears of a renewed invasion, 4 sources tell @kylieatwood @NatashaBertrand & @MarquardtA
The Pentagon: A US military delegation visited Ukraine recently and studied ways to activate its missile defense capabilities
