2 year agoRussian field hospital arriving to Belgorod
US Sec of Def L. Austin to Belgium, Poland, and Lithuania tomorrow. "To discuss Russia's military buildup in and around Ukraine, reiterate the U.S. commitment to Article 5" - Pentagon
"There shouldn't be a need for evacuation assistance. There shouldn't be a need for people to have to flee their homeland" per @PentagonPresSec re Russia-Ukraine
Downing Street says Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden agree there remains a "crucial window for diplomacy and for Russia to step back from its threats towards Ukraine"
Pentagon says Russia has 'added' forces to Ukraine border and is doing 'all the things you would expect him to do' to invade. Russia could invade with 'little to no warning'
2 year agoUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declares Feb. 16 - the day some say Russian forces plane to invade - as a national "Day of Unity . to strengthen the consolidation of Ukrainian society, strengthen its resilience in the face of growing hybrid threats
2 year ago.@StateDept Is suspending functions at @USEmbassyKyiv. "We are in the process of temporarily relocating our Embassy operations in Ukraine from our Embassy in Kyiv to Lviv due to the dramatic acceleration in the buildup of Russian forces," said @SecBlinken
The FSB showed footage of searches at residences of members of the Lurk hacker group, investigative actions were carried out at 88 addresses in 13 regions of the Russian Federation
France's foreign minister warns 'all elements' are in place for 'major offensive' by Russia against Ukraine
One person was injured during a gas explosion in a 5-storey residential building in Lyubertsy near Moscow, the structures were not damaged
2 year agoPlanet imagery acquired on 11FEB2021 showed that 11 x Su-25SM had relocated to Millervo east of Luhansk. The airbase hosts the 31 IAP which has been converting to the Su-30SM from the MIG-29 since 2015
Russia boosted its forces on Ukraine border over weekend: Pentagon
Russia thought to have 100 Battalion Tactical Groups (BTG's) on the border with Ukraine, amount to over 60% of Russia BTG capability, with another 14 on the way
2 year agoToday, @SecBlinken spoke with @DmytroKuleba highlighting although the immediate priority of the US "is to support efforts to de-escalate the situation, any further military aggression by Russia against Ukraine will be met with a swift, coordinated, and forceful response
2 year agoForeign Minister of Poland heading to Moscow as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE
German chancellor: There is no justification for Russian military activity on the Ukrainian border
Putin agreed in principle to the draft response of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the West's position on the security guarantees proposal
German troops arrive in Kaunas to reinforce Germany's NATO Ally Lithuania amid tensions over Russia's military buildup on Ukraine's borders, large scale joint Russo-Belarusian military drills in Belarus
Russia's defence minister tells Putin that some Russian military drills are coming to an end - Reuters
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu to Putin on incident with submarine near Kuril Islands: she invaded the territorial waters of Russia for 4 km, we spent 3 hours to expel her
Lavrov: We have no intention of talking to the West indefinitely about our security demands, but the dialogue must continue now
Lavrov: Opportunities for dialogue with the West on security guarantees have not been exhausted yet
Lavrov reported to Putin that Russia's reaction to the US and NATO responses on security guarantees is ready, takes 10 pages
Answers to the request of the Russian Federation on the interpretation of the principle of indivisibility of security are unsatisfactory, we will seek a specific response from each individual country - Lavrov
Lavrov: the first part of the US response on security guarantees does not satisfy Russia, the second is more constructive
Lavrov at a meeting with Putin: US response on the key proposals of the Russian Federation on security is negative
2 year agoPutin called NATO eastward expansion at the expense of post-Soviet republics, including Ukraine, endless and very dangerous
Boris Johnson: 'All European countries need to get Nord Stream [2] out of the bloodstream - yank out that hypodermic drip feed of Russian hydrocarbons. We need to find alternative sources of energy, to get ready to impose some very, very severe economic consequences on Russia.'
2 year agoRussian military convoy geolocated near Suzemka
Russian Duma members refer to Putin the draft resolution recognizing the "independence" of occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine
