2 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Bryansk region of Russia
2 year agoPoland's PM @morawieckim on sanctions: very very mild, soft package, we need more decisive action but now we are in a different place, in a state of hightened alert we see many steps indicating that there will be another Russian attack
Ukraine urges citizens to leave Russia 'immediately': ministry
Ukrainian foreign minister calls for more sanctions on Russia: 'Hit hard. Hit now.'
Japan to impose sanctions on Russia amid Ukraine crisis: PM Kishida "(Japan) will ban exports to and imports from the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as well as the issuance and trading of new Russian sovereign bonds in Japan"
Taiwan's president on Wednesday condemned Russia for ordering troops into Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine, and claimed the crisis was being used to hurt morale on the island, which has long been under the threat of a Chinese invasion
2 year agoMilitary convoy filmed near the border in Belgorod region
2 year agoTanks on the move in Sudzha, next to border of Ukraine
2 year agoMilitary filmed in Sudzha district
2 year agoTOS-1 heavy flamethrower MLRS filmed in Stary Oskol
2 year ago.@CanadianForces made a second delivery of lethal military aid to support Ukraine
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that any Russian troops deployed to eastern Ukraine would not be "peacekeepers" as Moscow has asserted and rejected President Putin's claim that a genocide of ethnic Russians was being committed there
Per a Schumer spox: Leader Schumer has requested an all-Senators briefing on Russia-Ukraine
2 year agoMilitary camp seen at Maxar image at Krasny Oktyabr
2 year agoVideo uploaded an hour ago allegedly from a Russian tank operator (previous videos seem to indicate this as well) as part of a large convoy of tanks in the Belgorod region of Russia, per video author
2 year agoSpeech by the Keyan ambassador regarding Africa's history & views on the Ukraine crisis
Trudeau announces first round of economic sanctions on Russia over Ukraine crisis
"The world is standing with the United States" against the action taken by Russia President Putin, says @PressSec
"We see this as the beginning of a further invasion (by Russia) of Ukraine," says @PressSec
2 year agoVideo uploaded this evening showing tanks driving in the direction of the Ukrainian border in the Kursk region, Russia
Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Our security guarantees are our army and our diplomacy
Ukrainian FM Kuleba: Plan A is diplomacy to avert war. But if that fails, "Plan B is to fight for every inch of our land and every city and every village. To fight until we win, of course"
Minister Kuleba tells: "No, we do not have such plans to evacuate Mariupol or Kharkiv"
"He attacked the world order" per Ukraibe FM @DmytroKuleba on Putin's actions
"To the extent that we can do anything to avert a worst case scenario," including a potential attack on Kyiv, "we will always pursue that," Blinken says when asked about diplomacy. "But Moscow needs to demonstrate that it's serious
Sec Blinken says his meeting with Lavrov is off because Russia is now beginning its invasion of Ukraine & making clear its wholesale rejection of diplomacy. He says a meeting with Lavrov does not make sense. He sent Lavov a letter informing him of this today
Sec Blinken clearly states that "because of the invasion" by Russian into Ukraine the US is moving on its swift response, he details sanctions & says the US will continue to escalate sanctions if Russia escalates its aggression towards Ukraine"
A senior administration official says just now some of the Russian elites the Biden admin is sanctioning include: -Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the FSB, and son Denis -Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Admin of Russia, and son Vladimir
2 year agoUkraine's Foreign Minister Kuleba (who is in town for meetings with Secs. Austin and Blinken) has met with President Biden. "President Biden reiterated the readiness of the United States. to respond swiftly and decisively to any further Russian aggression against Ukraine
EU ambassadors took a preliminary decision on the EU sanctions on Russia tonight. final adoption at around 11am tomorrow. then written procedure till 15 and finally the sanctions will be published in the EU official journal later that afternoon
