The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Ukraine told it on Saturday that Russia was planning to take full and permanent control of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Europe's biggest, but that Russia had later denied this
Mali: The UN is investigating allegations received by its human rights division that mercenaries from Russia, fighting alongside Malian soldiers, have committed abuses in the West African country
Oleh Baturin, a local journalist in Kherson, has disappeared. His wife says he left home for a quick meeting at 4.30pm, left phone and documents at home, never returned. Baturin filmed protests against Russian
"According to the information I have, they (Russians) try to arrange a kind of a logistics base near Chernobyl with the understanding that it will be more- it will be impossible to attack that logistics base because of its vicinity to the nuclear power plant." - @DmytroKuleba
2 year agoEngels Air Force Base -a large amount of Strategic bombers
Via Turkish airspace. Inbound Latakia Air Base, Syria flag-ruflag-ru Russian Air Force IL76 RA78830 RFF211
Ukrainian intelligence: Russian forces targeted a convoy of displaced civilians in the outskirts of Kyiv, killing seven of them
Russia's stock market will be closed for the whole of next week, Central Bank announces. That's until at least March 21. Shares last traded on Feb. 25
.@StateDeptSpox says the United States would not offer Russia any relief on Ukraine sanctions as a condition of continuing talks on the Iran nuclear deal
Flag-trflag-tr Turkey @RTErdogan still allowing Russian military over flights Inbound Latakia Air Base, Syria flag-trflag-ru Russian Navy Tu154 RF85856
Macron, Scholz urge Putin to end siege of Mariupol: French presidency
Memo sent to @SecBlinken by @POTUS "to direct the drawdown of up to an aggregate value of $200 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training," to provide assistance to Ukraine
Russian forces in Kherson call deputies of the local regional council and try to convince them cooperate. According Sergey Khlan, a deputy who was contacted, they are trying to hold a "referendum" on the establishment of the "Kherson People's Republic"
Swiss banks are giving hourly updates on progress in implementing sanctions against Russian individuals and companies, Economy Minister Guy Parmelin said, and the government intends to report soon on the amount frozen
Commerzbank is joining German rival Deutsche Bank in pulling back from business in Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine
Zelenskiy said that Russia is sending new forces to Ukraine after suffering what its "biggest losses in decades"
Baby More than 1 million children have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And at least 79 children have been killed and 100 injured. Putin is a criminal. Russia has to be stopped StopRussia StandWithUkraine
France says Scholz, Macron holding new talks with Putin
Russia will treat western arms shipments to Ukraine as legitimate military targets, deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov says. "We warned [the US] of consequences from the insane transfer to Ukraine of weapons like mobile anti-aircraft systems, anti-tank missiles, and so on
Belarus government has said it will send five battalion tactical groups to the border with Ukraine to replace the troops currently stationed there. It denies that this is part of preparations for entry into the war
Aide to head of office of President:PM of Israeli @naftalibennett, just as other conditional intermediary countries, does NOT offer Ukraine to agree to any demands of the Russian Federation. This is impossible for military & political reasons. On the contrary, Israel urges Russia to assess the events more adequately
2 year agoRussian forces firing heavily from Trostyanets (Тростянець) in Sumy Oblast yesterday. Location of launch area: 50.481108, 34.965646
2 year agoRussian Ka-52 helicopter crashed in Rostov region. Crew killed
Russia warns sanctions could cause ISS to crash: official
2 year agoA 10-ship Russian naval group passed westbound thru the Tsugaru Strait 10 March between the Japanese main islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, retracing the route these ships took in Feb. Destroyer ADMIRAL PANTELEYEV 548 led the group that included corvettes SOVERSHENNY 333
2 year agoNatural gas explosion killed 2 in Voronezh
RFF201 - Out from Latakia Air Base, Syria, heading into Turkish airspace on a Russian Air Force callsign. flag-ruflag-ru Russian Government Tu154 RA85843
.@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
