2 year agoOngoing artillery battle between Russian and Ukrainian forces between Kherson and Mykolaiv, where Ukrainian forces have been launching counterattacks in recent days
Britain's envoy to the Security Council: Russian forces besiege cities and towns, indiscriminately bomb residential neighborhoods and use cluster ammunition
Britain's envoy to the Security Council: Russia is the one who must put an end to this war
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
White House cites 'high concern' that China may provide Russia with weapons
The United Nations: The scale of civilian casualties and the destruction of infrastructure in Ukraine requires thorough investigation and accountability
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
.@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
A Pentagon official: The weapons provided to Ukraine are capable of targeting Russian forces from a distance
A Pentagon official: The equipment that arrived in Ukraine will allow it to confront Russian forces
Blinken: "I have not seen any meaningful efforts by Russia to bring this war that it is perpetrating to conclusion through diplomacy"
A Pentagon official: Russian forces are moving artillery towards Kyiv in preparation for bombing it
2 year agoRussia President Putin "may be growing more desperate," according to @SecBlinken
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
Blinken: The Russian war affects fuel prices and the economy globally
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
Russia has launched more than 1,000 missiles into Ukraine in three weeks of war: senior U.S. defense official
2 year agoBiden just referred to Putin as both a "murderous dictator" and "pure thug"
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
UK says freezing tax cooperation with Russia and Belarus
Russia creditors await bond payment as Moscow says money sent
2 year 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
Zelensky's office: Immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian forces are among the main aspects of a peace agreement that can be signed
Putin in a phone call with Erdogan discussed Ukraine
Kadyrov of Chechnya announced additional 1000 fighters to go to Ukraine
2 year agoIt's propaganda
Russian Ministry of Defense continues to accuse Ukraine and U.S. in development of biological weapons in Ukrainian laboratories
Ukraine's president on Thursday said Russia was building a new Cold War wall across Europe "between freedom and bondage"
2 year agoA court in Moscow extended detention of US Olympic champion Brittney Griner on charges of drug smuggling
Uzbekistan, a Central Asian republic with close ties to Russia, called on Thursday for a diplomatic resolution of the conflict in Ukraine and said it would not recognise Moscow-backed separatist statelets there
2 year agoA large exodus of private jets out of Moscow towards Dubai this morning too
