3 years agoKommersant confirmed Gavrilov resigned (his detention is yet to be confirmed)
3 years agoMeanwhile in Russia: military expert on state TV suggests the creation of a special fund to support Russian Armed Forces and the families of the dead and wounded. He proposes the funds should come out of the pockets of the richest "fat cats," identified through the Forbes list
3 years agoRussian troops in Rubizhne now
3 years agoThe Spanish Prime Minister @sanchezcastejon said in Bucharest that the economic effects of the war in Ukraine are severe
3 years agoOngoing artillery battle between Russian and Ukrainian forces between Kherson and Mykolaiv, where Ukrainian forces have been launching counterattacks in recent days
3 years ago Britain's envoy to the Security Council: Russian forces besiege cities and towns, indiscriminately bomb residential neighborhoods and use cluster ammunition
3 years ago Britain's envoy to the Security Council: Russia is the one who must put an end to this war
3 years ago 424-8, House easily passes bill to revoke Russia's normal trade status, sending bill to Senate. The lone NO votes: Boebert, Massie, Gaetz, Biggs, Greene, Bishop, Roy, Grothman
3 years ago White House cites 'high concern' that China may provide Russia with weapons
3 years agoThe United Nations: The scale of civilian casualties and the destruction of infrastructure in Ukraine requires thorough investigation and accountability
3 years ago Friday's @POTUS call with the Chinese leader will be an "opportunity to asses where President Xi stands" on Beijing's support for the Russia war effort, @PressSec says during @WhiteHouse briefing
3 years ago .@SecBlinken says he "personally" agrees that Russia has committted war crimes in Ukraine. "Intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime. After all the destruction of the past three weeks, I find it difficult to conclude that the Russians are doing otherwise," he says
3 years ago A Pentagon official: The weapons provided to Ukraine are capable of targeting Russian forces from a distance
3 years ago A Pentagon official: The equipment that arrived in Ukraine will allow it to confront Russian forces
3 years ago Blinken: "I have not seen any meaningful efforts by Russia to bring this war that it is perpetrating to conclusion through diplomacy"
3 years ago A Pentagon official: Russian forces are moving artillery towards Kyiv in preparation for bombing it
3 years ago Russia President Putin "may be growing more desperate," according to @SecBlinken
3 years ago Blinken: U.S. has a "strong sense" of what Russia could do next - a false flag attack involving chemical weapons, "manufacturing" events to justify greater use of military force, employing mercenaries and "systematically" kidnapping local officials and replacing them with puppets
3 years ago Blinken: The Russian war affects fuel prices and the economy globally
3 years ago Russia is beginning to get concerned about how long it can keep troops in Ukraine after three weeks of war: senior U.S. defense official. Russia is considering adding more supplies since it did not properly plan logistics in four-month run-up to conflict, the official said
3 years ago Russia has launched more than 1,000 missiles into Ukraine in three weeks of war: senior U.S. defense official
3 years ago Biden just referred to Putin as both a "murderous dictator" and "pure thug"
3 years ago Russia recruiting foreign fighters for Ukraine - "We have not seen a flow of fighters" from the MiddleEast, per @CENTCOM Gen McKenzie "We just haven't seen much of that yet out of Syria. And we look at that pretty closely" "That could change" he notes
3 years ago UK says freezing tax cooperation with Russia and Belarus
3 years agoRussia creditors await bond payment as Moscow says money sent
3 years agoAbdullah bin Zayed confirms, after talks with his Russian counterpart in Moscow, that the UAE welcomes all mediation efforts to solve the crisis in Ukraine
3 years ago Zelensky's office: Immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian forces are among the main aspects of a peace agreement that can be signed
3 years agoPutin in a phone call with Erdogan discussed Ukraine
3 years ago Kadyrov of Chechnya announced additional 1000 fighters to go to Ukraine
3 years ago This event is known propaganda, displayed for awareness
Russian Ministry of Defense continues to accuse Ukraine and U.S. in development of biological weapons in Ukrainian laboratories
