1 year agoReinforcements are now in the Black Sea 21:00UTC:Russian Navy Project775 Ropucha class LSTMs (tank carrying), Baltic Fleet's 71st Landing Ship Brigade's Kaliningrad 102, Minsk 127 & Korolev 130 transited Bosphorus and entered the Black Sea..@YorukIsik pix via @reuterspictures
1 year agoDetails about a phone call today between @JakeSullivan46 and @jensstoltenberg amid continuing concerns of further military aggression by Russia against Ukraine
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed near Millerovo, Rostov region
White House spokeswoman: We are working on several tracks regarding Ukraine crisis, but we prefer the diplomatic track
The White House: There are no secret European negotiations with Russia, and we are fully informed and coordinated with our European partners
1 year agoMeeting of Macron, Duda and Scholz in Berlin: Must "prevent a war in Europe." -German Chancellor Scholz. "Will leave no-one behind" - Polish President Duda. Need "new security and stability" for Europe - French President Macron. Talks in Berlin now to de-brief and plan next step to stop escalation with Russia over Ukraine
MMA fighter from North Ossetia Georgy Galgoev reported that his aunt was missing in Chechnya
McConnell says German chancellor at dinner confirmed if there's a Russian invasion, Nord Stream 2 wouldn't go ahead. McConnell though says sanctions should be imposed ahead of time. "I don't think Putin will be deterred by any piece of legislation in the United States Senate
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Belgorod region
1 year agoMilitary echelon in Unecha, Bryansk region
Poland's Duda says still possible to avoid war in Europe
Germany, France, Poland 'united' in goal of keeping European peace: Scholz
1 year agoThere's also been a @SecBlinken call with @mevlutcavusoglu about @NATO unity amid Russia aggression vs. Ukraine
1 year agoMilitary convoy at Belgorod-Shebekino
1 year agoBig military convoy filmed in Rostov region
Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom reported that several Russians who worked at the construction site of the Ruppur nuclear power plant died in Bangladesh
1 year agoMilitary echelon in Lgov, Kursk region
1 year agoMilitary echelon filmed in Samara region
1 year agoSelf-propelled artillery at Pokrovskoye village in Rostov region
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Voronezh
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Krasnodar
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Georgiyevsk of Stavropol region
1 year agoMilitary moving in Bryansk region
1 year agoIskanders on the move today. This video is from Karachev in the Bryansk region
The first U.S. troops reinforcing NATO allies on the eastern flank following a Russian military build-up on Ukraine's border have arrived in Romania, Defence Minister Vasile Dincu said on Tuesday
140,000 Russian troops now deployed on Ukraine's border, defense minister says
The US representative at the OSCE says during the Vienna meeting today that Russia cannot call on the indivisibility of security without also offering this to Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine as well
1 year agoConvoy with barbed wire filmed in Kursk region
Ukraine president says expects summit with Russian, French, German leaders 'in the near future'
Kremlin denies Putin told Macron there will be no new manoeuvres near Ukraine
French President: Putin and Zelensky confirmed their intention to continue implementing the Minsk agreements, and this is the path to peace
Macron: a meeting of the Normandy Format (Germany, France, Russia, Ukraine) will take place in Berlin on Thursday
The yacht that presumably belongs to Putin has left the port of Hamburg. According to the paper Bild, this is likely an escape due to fear of confiscation if sanctions go into effect
1 year agoAnother video of military echelon, possible in Kursk region
Roskomnadzor filled protocol on Bellingcat for the lack of marking of a foreign agent, the publication faces a fine of up to 500 thousand rubles
1 year agoMilitary convoy in Trykovka, Bryansk region
Ukraine does not see the withdrawal of Russian troops, the security situation remains unchanged - FM Kuleba
Russian Strategic missile troops launched exercise in Novosibirsk region, about 1000 servicemen, over 100 vehicles involved
1 year agoMilitary convoy with servicemen from Chechnya filmed in Oryol region
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Novgorod
The Kremlin does not see the West's readiness to take into account the concerns of the Russian Federation, the topic of security guarantees remains open and the most important, - Kremlin's spokesperson
FSB director: the service prevented attacks, some of which were prepared by members of cells of international terrorist organizations in Moscow, Crimea, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Stavropol Territory and Tver Region
1 year agoEquipment appears to be leaving the Pogonovo base in Voronezh, unclear at this time where it has gone
Six Russian naval ships are travelling to the Black Sea for drills - IFAX
1 year agoMilitary at Vesela Lopan, Belgorod region
1 year agoMilitary echelon filmed in Valdai of Nizhniy Novgorod region
Lukashenka dismissed the report on deployment of military of Belarus to Syria as "another fake", says he had not sent any military there, "there were talks to send military doctors, but now we have lot of problems here"
1 year agoMilitary echelon filmed in Omsk
1 year agoAnother R-419L1 digital radio relay station spotted in Belgorod Oblast, in the village of Karaichnoe
The airports of Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk and Lipetsk closed for arrivals due to fog
1 year agoFrench Air Force A330-243 CTM0021 en route to Kyiv Ukraine from Moscow
Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina detained in Moscow on charges of "propaganda of Nazism" for a seven-year-old post
1 year agoMilitary being loaded into echelons in Lomonosov
Japan is artificially whipping up hysteria around the ownership of the Kuril Islands - Russian Foreign Ministry
Russian Southern Military district launched exercise with armoured vehicles, missiles and artillery at 15 firing ranges. BTGs with enhanced companies involved, Caspian Fleet involved.
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Belgorod region
1 year agoMilitary echelon filmed in Penza
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
1 year agoA Russian MiG-31K carrying a Kinzhal missile was spotted landing at the Kaliningrad Chkalovsk airbase on February 7
1 year ago"The transatlantic partnership is key for peace in Europe and this is what Putin also has to understand, that he will not be able to split European Union or to split NATO. We will act together," says German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the threat of Russia invading Ukraine
Putin does not consider that Russia violated the territorial integrity of Ukraine. "They seized power there by force, we were forced to protect the Crimeans"
Putin said that he briefly informed Macron about the Russian response, which will be sent to the US and NATO
Since February 2014, Russia has considered a coup d'état as the source of power in Ukraine, - Putin
Putin: we understand that conventional power of NATO is more than Russia's one. But Russia is the top nuclear power. And there will be no winners in the war (in case of Ukraine in NATO, and will attempt to return Crimea with force)
If Ukraine joins NATO and begins to return Crimea by military means, there will be no winners - Putin
French president Emmanuel Macron says: "I was particularly concerned about Belarusian President Lukashenka's references to nuclear weapons of mass destruction, but today President Putin calmed me down"
If Ukraine is in NATO and attacks Crimea, then there will be a conflict between the Russian Federation and the alliance - Putin
Russian government has nothing to do with companies operating in Mali - Putin
1 year agoMacron: "it is our shared responsibility to agree on concrete measures to stabilize the situation and consider de-escalation"
Macron: We seek a permanent solution to the conflict in Donbass, and there is progress in implementing the ceasefire
1 year agoMacron after his meeting with Putin: "We are both aware of the gravity of the situation"
1 year agoMacron: "there is still time" to preserve peace
Putin says 'possible' to move forward on some of Macron's proposals. To talk again about it on the phone, after Macron's trip to Kyiv
Putin concerned that discrimination against the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine is enshrined in law
Putin: We are ready to grant political asylum to people like Mr. Poroshenko in Russia
Kyiv ignores all possibilities for the peaceful restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine through dialogue with the Donbass, - Putin
Putin: Russia does not threaten any country, and we conducted military exercises inside our borders
Ukraine's authorities set a course for the dismantling of the Minsk agreements - Putin
NATO has designated us as an adversary - Putin
The main concerns of the Russian Federation in the proposals for security guarantees were ignored, - Putin
DHS updates terrorism bulletin in the wake of recent violent events and Russia-Ukraine tensions
Biden says US citizens should leave Ukraine now. "I think it would be wise to leave the country. I'm not talking about our diplomatic corps. I'm talking about the Americans there. I don't want them to get caught in the crossfire"
1 year ago"If Russia makes a choice to further invade Ukraine, we are jointly ready and all of NATO is ready." President Biden says he and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz "developed a strong package of sanctions" if Russia "violates Ukraine's sovereignty"
1 year ago"We are in a very difficult situation" with the "military threat" by Russia against Ukraine, says @OlafScholz, adding "it's a serious threat to European security
1 year ago"We're ready to continue talks in good faith with Russia," says @POTUS alongside @OlafScholz, but "it cannot be business as usual if Russia further invades" Ukraine
The Pentagon: The invasion of Ukraine would be catastrophic for its people, and it would not be without losses for the Russian army
"We would certainly agree that another invasion of Ukraine would be disastrous" and "not cost free" for Russia, per @PentagonPresSec "It doesn't have to be that way. There's plenty of opportunity for Mr. Putin to do the right thing"
The Pentagon: Additional Russian forces are heading to the border with Ukraine and to Belarus
Pentagon says US continues to see sizable forces added by Russia along border with Ukraine
"We don't know exactly what he's planning" per @PentagonPresSec on Russia's Putin. Suggests Putin could still choose a diplomatic path to address standoff over Ukraine
Pentagon spokesman says no additional U.S. troops have been put on prepare to deploy orders
Kirby had no announcements to make regarding additional U.S. troop movements to Europe. "We have upwards of 80,000 troops already on the European continent, so there's a lot of capability that just already exists"
1 year agoContinuing to see sizable forces being added by Russia along the border with Ukraine, @PentagonPresSec tells reporters
1 year ago"It's a whole panoply of things we're looking at," says Pentagon spox John Kirby, noting that Russian President Putin continues to build not just combat but also logistics and sustainment capabilities near the border with Ukraine
1 year agoRussian Navy this evening near Tartous
US President Joe Biden said Monday at a meeting with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz that the two countries are "in lockstep" on confronting Russia over Ukraine
1 year agoMilitary echelon in Bryansk region
1 year agoUS and Germany working together to NordStream2 doesn't proceed if Russia conducts further aggression against Ukraine, @PressSec replies to @WhiteHouse reporters. "If they invade it will not move forward"
1 year agoMilitary convoy in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov region
1 year ago140k Russian troops are not massing on the border with Ukraine to "have tea", says EU foreign policy chief Borrell, speaking in DC with US Sec of State Blinken. At the same time, he insists there is still room for diplomacy
