2 year agoSec Blinken welcomes the negotiated prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia, that includes 2 Americans. The US is appreciative of Ukraine including all prisoners of war, "regardless of nationality, in its negotiations," he says
As part of the prisoners swap Ukraine hand over Viktor Medvedchuk to Russia, - Security Service of Ukraine
215 Ukrainian servicemen were freed from Russian captivity, 108 Azov fighters among them, - Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
Ukraine needs weapons and time to reclaim "our entire territory" from Russia, @ZelenskyyUa tells UNGA
North Korea says it has not exported weapons, ammunition to Russia: state media
President Zelensky calls on the United Nations to deny Russia its veto right
Ukraine's Zelensky urges 'just punishment' against Russia in UN address
Zelensky at UNGA: We will not allow Russia to defeat us
Ukrainian President to UNGA: There are 5 conditions to achieve peace with Russia, and they are non-negotiable
2 year agoCommanders Denis "Redis" Prokopenko, Svyatoslav "Kalyna" Palamar, Serhii "Volyna" Volynskyi were released from Russian captivity
Canadian Prime Minister: Putin's military mobilization and nuclear threats represent a dangerous and irresponsible escalation
Explosions were audible in Belgorod due to air defense work
Aiden Aslin, and the other British prisoners of war held captive by the Russian authorities have finally been released and are on their way back to the UK
2 year agoSaudi Arabia says it secured the release by Russia of ten foreign POWs, including citizens of the U.S., UK and Morocco. Not clear if this includes the two Brits and a Moroccan captured in Mariupol and sentenced to death
2 year agoProtest against mobilization in St.Petersburg
2 year agoProtesters not allowed police to detain a man
2 year agoProtest in Moscow against mobilization
Biden: We must refrain from using the veto in the Security Council, except in exceptional cases
"No one threatened Russia and no one other than Russia sought conflict," said @POTUS. He said this war is about extinguishing Ukraine's right to exist as a state, as a people. "Wherever you are, wherever you live. that should make your blood run cold"
2 year ago"Let us speak plainly, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council invaded, attempted to erase the sovereign state from the map." - Right off the bat @POTUS slams Putin at UNGA77
2 year agoAnti-mobilisation rally in Kranoyarsk
2 year ago"You cannot seize a nation's territory by force," adds @POTUS at UNGA
2 year ago"Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenants" of the UN Charter, @POTUS tells UNGA
2 year agoAn unidentified unmanned surface vehicle hit ashore in the Russian-occupied Crimea's Sevastopol
2 year agoTurkiye- A helicopter intervening in a forest fire in Mugla's Marmaris district has crashed, 1 person died, 4 people injured
.@NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg tells @Reuters nuclear threats by Russians President Putin "not new, he has done it many times before". Shud Putin use nukes, "it will have unprecedented consequences for Russia"
2 year agoRally against mobilisation in Tomsk
2 year agoHeavy riot police deployment at Narymsky square in Novosibirsk
2 year agoProtest against mobilisation in Ulan-Ude
2 year agoAbout 15 detained at demonstration against mobilisation in Irkutsk
Pulkovo airport website hacked - Fontanka
There is no need for mobilization in Belarus, -State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council, - "we are ready to fight back with peacetime personnel"
Passenger train Murmansk-Moscow derailed in Murmansk region, reportedly no casualties
Russian business paper RBC says that all tickets for direct flights today and tomorrow from Moscow to Istanbul, Yerevan, Tashkent and Baku have sold out
2 year agoJailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has said the partial mobilisation announced by President Putin will lead to a "massive tragedy", in a video statement during one of his court cases
The European Union considers the decision to announce partial military mobilization in Russia a "state of desperation"
Former head of Moscow Aviation Institute Anatoliy Geraschenko died as result of "falling from the high altitude inside institute"
Lithuania's Minister of National Defence: As Russia's military mobilisation will also take place near our borders, (Kaliningrad region), Lithuania's Rapid Reaction Force is being put on high alert to prevent any provocation from Russia
Lithuania: We decided to raise the degree of military readiness after the announcement of mobilization in Russia
Digital services ministry now denies that mobilisation notices will be sent via digital services portal, only paper notices via mail
Mobilisation notice will be sent to eligible men via Russian state services digital portal "GosUslugi". Now website is partially down
Ukrainian aviation conducted over 20 air strikes at Russian military positions, including 19 areas of gathering of military and equipment, 2 air defense positions. Ukrainian air defense shot down 4 drones and 1 Su-25 plane. Ukrainian artillery and missile troops conducted strikes at over 40 Russian military objects, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report
At Avdiivka direction Russian army shelled Berdychi, Avdiivka, Vodiane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Paraskoviivka, Novomykhailivka and Pervomaiske, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report
At Zaporizhzhia direction Russian army shelled Novopil, Vremivka, Velyka Novosilka, Novoukrainka, Prechystivka, Vuhledar, Pavlivka, Volodymyrivka, Zaliznychne, Huliaipole and Chervone, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report
At Pivdenny Buh direction Russian army shelled 25 settlements all along contact line, including Vysokopillia, Myrolyubivka, Karyerne, Novohryhorivka, Bilohirka, Blahodativka, Andriivka, Zorya, Schevchenkove, Ternovi Pody, Pravdyne and Myrne, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report
At Slobozhansk direction Russian army shelled Veterynarne, Hoptivka, Hlyboke, Derhachi, Hrushivka, Kupiansk and Kamianka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report
At Kramatorsk direction Russian army shelled Donetske, Studenok, Yarova, Tetianivka, Bohorodychne, Pryshyb, Schurove, Staryi Karavan, Raihorodok, Mykolaivka, Rozdolivka, Oleksandrivka and Hryhorivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report
At Bakhmut direction Russian army shelled Sieversk, Verkhniokamyanske, Vyimka, Vesele, Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Odradivka, Mykolaivka Druha, Zaitseve, Sukha Balka, Yuryivka and New York, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report
Latvian Foreign Minister: We will consult with allies on joint action in response to the military mobilization announced by Russia
In August, the budget system went into deficit. Now budgets of all levels spend more money than they receive taxes - Minister of Economic Development of Russia Reshetnikov
Russian-Belarusian consultations on security are ongoing in Moscow, - the Security Council of the Russian Federation
According to SPIEGEL information, investigators are searching the villas of billionaire Alisher Usmanov on Lake Tegernsee. It's about tax evasion and money laundering
Russian army conducted 8 missile strikes, 35 air strikes, over 120 shelling with MLRS against over 50 settlements across Ukraine, including Oskil, Sloviansk, Sieversk, Oleksandrivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Velyka Novosilka, Vremivka, Vuhledar, Stepne, Zaporizhzhia, Nikopol, Ochakiv. Attempted to hit Sloviansk thermal power plant in Mykolaivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report
At Sieversk direction Russian army shelled Zalizny Mist, Mykhailove and Huta-Studenetska of Chernihiv region and Sosnivka, Holyshivske, Yunakivka and Turia of Sumy region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report
2 year agoEuropean Commision has **eased its coal sanctions on Russia**, now allowing EU companies to trade, ship and finance Russian shipments to 3rd countries. Brussels says this is needed to avoid sanctions impacting "energy security"
2 year agoDefence Secretary @BWallaceMP responds to Putin's address this morning
Mobilisation commission was created in St.Petersburg, Governor of Saint Petersburg Beglov to head it
300,000 reservists to be called up during mobilization - Russian Defense Minister Shoigu
It's propaganda
According to Russian Defense Minister Shoigu Russian army lost 5937 servicemen in Ukraine
It's propaganda
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu: we are mainly fighting The West in Ukraine, not Ukraine
Putin says will use "all available means" if Russia's territorial integrity is threatened, adding: "We are not bluffing"
Russia will use all means to protect itself, including nuclear weapons, - Putin
Putin accuses The West in nuclear blackmail, threatens with nuclear blackmail in response
Putin confirms plans to annex Donbas, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions
Partial mobilization has been declared in Russia from today, the decree has been signed, - Putin said. All reservists to be mobilized
It's propaganda
The goal of the West is to divide and destroy Russia, - Putin said in a statement
2 year agoPresident @AndrzejDuda: Ukraine is the victim today, but if Russian imperialism wins, tomorrow it can be any country in the world. Someone else will destroy someone else's fields and drive civilians out of their homes and murder them. We must not allow this
2 year ago7 missile launches towards Kharkiv. Reports of hits in Kharkiv region
2 year agoConfirmation from the @WhiteHouse that @POTUS intends to nominate Russian-speaking career diplomat Lynne Tracy as US ambassador to Russia
President of European Parliament Roberta Metsola: To be clear: no sham referenda will change Europe's stance on Ukraine and its territorial integrity. Nor will it change the fact that it was Russia that invaded sovereign Ukraine. Europe stands with Ukraine
Russian backed referenda in occupied Ukraine-"no one will view such sham referenda with any credibility" per @PentagonPresSec. "We will continue to work with Ukraine and our international partners to provide them [Ukraine] with the support they need to defend their territory"
Russia's push for referenda in Ukraine "simply an information operation that's meant to distract from the difficult state that the Russian military currently finds itself in right now" per @PentagonPresSec
Jens Stoltenberg: Sham referendums have no legitimacy and do not change the nature of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. This is a further escalation in Putin's war. The international community must condemn this blatant violation of international law and step up support for Ukraine
White House: Russia seeks to announce military mobilization to strengthen its war in Ukraine
Ukrainian Presidency: Any referendum held in Ukraine on joining Russia will destroy any chance of talks between Kyiv and Moscow
The White House: We do not believe that military mobilization will undermine Ukraine's ability to repel Russia's aggression
The White House: Referendums to annex Ukrainian lands will not give Russia an advantage in the war
