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.@USTreasury's new sanctions further isolates the severely damaged Russian economy by prohibiting trade in products that are key to the economic and financial interests of all Russian elites" per @SecYellen
The US Treasury: Sanctions on Russian figures and entities, including members of the "Doma"
RIA Novosti: The delivery of money transferred from outside Russia will take place in rubles only, as of March 12
1 year agoGeolocation of ambush of Russian military vehicles in Zalissya, Kyiv Oblast
The leaders of Russia and Belarus agreed on Friday that Moscow would supply its smaller neighbour with the most up-to-date military equipment in the near future, the official Belarus Belta news agency said
Russia's chemical/biological weapons capabilities inside Ukraine - Russia is "a country that has a reputation for using those kinds of weapons on people, and we know they have a program" per @PentagonPresSec
Washington: Tehran and Moscow should take "decisions" on the Iranian nuclear file
1 year agoDeutsche Bank: Statement on Russia, we are winding down business in Russia
US State Department Spokesperson: We are committed to helping Ukraine and supporting its right to belong to NATO
US imposes sanctions against wife of Kremlin's spokesperson Peskov and his adult children, State Department says
1 year agoTwo picketers were detained in Moscow's Pushkin Square for standing with a sign with a quote from the Bible and the words "No war"
1 year agoYouTube is banning Russian state media globally, and stepping up moderation around Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have been demanding this since the beginning of the invasion
President Duda: What Russia is doing in Ukraine shows that the "evil empire" is not gone. She shows her worst face once again
.@USAmbUN: "We believe Russia could use chemical or biological agents for assassinations, as part of a staged or false flag incident, or to support tactical military operations"
1 year agoPresident @AndrzejDuda: If President Kaczyński were to be listened to, bolder decisions were made, and the attitude not to irritate Russia would not prevail - Ukraine would be in NATO today. The aggression in 2014 and the current war probably would not have happened. History would have turned out differently
Turkey is moving its embassy in Kyiv to the city of Chernivtsi amid reports of a planned Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tanju Bilgic was quoted as saying by state media on Friday
Russia is flying 200 sorties a day, not all over Ukraine. Some of them never enter Ukrainian airspace to launch cruise missiles from Russian territory says senior U.S. official
U.S. defense official confirms that Russia has struck airfields in Western Ukraine. Adds that Russia has launched about 810 missiles at Ukrainian targets since the invasion started across the country
.@POTUS says Russia would pay a severe price if it uses Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
.@POTUS announces a host of nations will revoke most favored trading status for Russia: "Putin is the aggressor, and he must pay the price"
POTUS: Other allies will also join to revoke Russia's "most favored nation" trade status. President Biden also announced a ban on Russian alcohol, seafood, and diamonds
President Zelensky:Had a substantive conversation with @POTUS. Gave him the assessment of the situation on the battlefield, informed about the crimes of Russia against the civilian population. We agreed on further steps to support the defense of Ukraine and increase sanctions against Russia
Biden will announce plans at the White House at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT) to revoke Russia's "most favored nation" trade status
Nestle has stopped exporting and importing non-essential food items such as Nespresso coffee or S.Pellegrino water from and to Russia, a spokesperson told Reuters on Friday
Ukraine's Minister of Defense is saying Russia is preparing to strike settlements in Belarus, near the Ukrainian border, from Ukraine's airspace. To force the current leadership of Belarus to join the war against Ukraine. "Moscow is trying to tie you up by blood
Russian authorities block access to Instagram
1 year agoMi-8 helicopter crashed in Valuyki, Bilhorod region
Ukraine still has 56 operational fighter jets in its inventory and Ukraine Air Force is still flying 5-10 sorties a day: senior US defense official
1 year agoThe Russian "Zvezda" channel broadcasts a video clip that says that the preparations of the Assad government's army to move and fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine
Ukraine's intelligence services claim that Russia's president Putin allegedly gave an order to stage a security incident at Chernobyl NPP, captured by the Russian forces on 25 February, and to blame the incident on Ukrainian forces
The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia asked the court to recognize Meta as an extremist organization
1 year agoApparently "The Central African forces express their willingness to help Russia and Russian soldiers in the fight against Ukraine"
Putin-Lukashenka talks started in Moscow
Kremlin's spokesperson says that Russians who are ashamed of Russian war against Ukraine are actually non-Russians
4 injured as Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Pskov region of Russia
Kharkiv governor: Russian forces bombed residential neighborhoods in the city 89 times in one day
Republican senators are calling on the Biden administration and NATO to get Polish fighter jets into Ukraine as the country tries to fend off Russia's invasion
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu at National security council reported to Putin that "everything according to the plan" in Ukraine
Putin convened meeting of Russian National security council
1 year agoLukashenka's delegation arrived in Kremlin to meet Putin
1 year agoRussian army bombed a residential area in Dnipro city. Explosions damaged a shoe factory, one apartment building and a kindergarten
1 year agoOn March 11, at about 06:10, three air strikes took place in the city of Dnipro. There was a hit near a kindergarten and an apartment building and hit a two-story shoe factory with subsequent burning
1 year agoVideo showing Russian forces entering destroyed Volnovakha town
The United Nations Security Council will convene on Friday at Russia's request, diplomats said, to discuss Moscow's claims, presented without evidence, of U.S. "biological activities" in Ukraine, a move Washington described as gaslighting
The long Russian military convoy that had been stalled outside Ukraine's capital has now 'dispersed,' says U.S. satellite company Maxar
Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of Ukraine invasion, according to emails seen by Reuters, in a temporary change to its hate speech policy
1 year agoA building in Binnish that had been previously bombed by Russian fighter jets collapsed as a result of heavy rains causing its structure to weaken. No casualties were reported
Goldman Sachs Group and JPMorgan Chase & Co on Thursday announced they were unwinding their Russian businesses, becoming the first major U.S. banks to exit following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and putting pressure on rivals to follow
Russian military has been able to move forward in advance on Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. Russia has forces near Hostomel Airport that have advanced to 3 miles from Kyiv city limits. Another northeast advance is 25 miles east of Kyiv
Russia could falsely blame U.S. and Ukraine for building chemical and biological weapons to justify using chemical weapons against Ukraine: senior U.S. defense official. China has assisted Russian officials in creating this narrative, officials said
1 year agoPoland's PM @MorawieckiM at the informal EU summit in Versailles: it is not a typical war, it is a massacre, part of the EU elite says that the matter is settled
US State Department: We will continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine
Biden spoke with Turkish Pres Erdogan to talk about "shared concern" over Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Notification sent to @GolosAmeriki (@voanews Russian Service) from VKontakte (Russian social media service) that based on a request from the Russia prosecutor general's office it'll be blocked
Mayor of Kharkiv: Russian air and artillery bombardment destroyed 400 buildings in Kharkiv in two weeks
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke by phone today with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau on coordinated efforts to provide security and humanitarian support to Ukraine in the face of Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified, and premeditated war and its inhumane and unconscionable attacks on population centers in Ukraine
Erdogan discussed with Biden Russia's war against Ukraine: Turkish presidency
1 year agoBryansk news report that Colonel Alexey Khasanov was killed
Putin has overestimated his ability to use cryptocurrency to bypass sanctions; US has intercepted and taken down a number of crypto networks: FBI Chief Chris Wray tells Senate Intell Committee
US Treasury: More sanctions will be imposed on Russia
"Putin probably still remains confident that Russia can militarily defeat Ukraine & wants to prevent Western support from tipping the balance & forcing a conflict with @NATO" per @ODNIgov's Haines
At Daryivka village of Kherson region Russian troops shot at civilian car and killed a driver
The German government has not agreed to any meeting by former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with Putin, two government sources said
Central Bank of Russia imposed currency control for enterprises. Limit of withdrawal set to 5000USD in cash for foreign trips
