1 year agoMilitary echelon at Zolotaryovo, Oryol region
1 year agoHere are PRIPs/NAVWARNs issued today for the Barents-, White Sea, and the Nenets coast for next week, most labeled "Rocket Launches". 42/22 may indicate something from Plesetsk
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Friday to discuss the "increasingly acute threat of possible further Russian aggression," according to a State Department readout
Putin will talk on the phone with Macron on February 12 - Kremlin
Putin and Biden plan to have a phone call on the evening of February 12, it will take place at the request of the American side - Kremlin
1 year agoCall between @thejointstaff Chair Gen Mark Milley & Chair of the @NATO Military Committee Adm. Rob Bauer Per US, they "discussed NATO's current operations and ongoing coordination during the adjustment of US force posture in Europe"
1 year agoUS readout of call between @thejointstaff Chair Gen Mark Milley & Chief of Russian General Staff Gen Valery Gerasimov They discussed "several security-related issues of concern" but "have agreed to keep the specific details of their conversation private"
1 year agoReadout of President Biden's call with Western/NATO allies cites collective readiness to "impose massive consequences and severe economic costs on Russia should it choose military escalation, and to continue reinforcing the defensive posture on NATO's eastern flank
1 year ago"Big Bird" acquisition radar in Kursk
Iran, Russia Partner on New Effort To Evade U.S. Sanctions - Moscow 'creating a mechanism' to skirt sanctions on business, military trade with Iran as Biden admin loosens pressure on both
The Biden administration has made a decision to send 3,000 additional troops from the 82 Airborne to Poland in the coming days amid growing concern about Russia's growing military presence near Ukraine, U.S. officials tell Reuters
'Expect' Biden to call Putin soon. 'We are trying to stop a war,' national security adviser says
Sullivan: We're trying to prevent a war in Europe and protect our resources
Despite reports that Putin has made a decision to invade, @JakeSullivan46 says "our view is that we do not believe he has made any kind of final decision, or we don't know that he has made any final decision
White House national security adviser says a 'rapid assault' by Russian forces on Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv is a possibility
"We are not saying that a final decision has been taken by President Putin," Sullivan says, but stresses Russian military action could happen "any day now"
Sullivan takes a more urgent plea with Americans still in Ukraine: He said they should leave within the next 24-48 hours. "The risk is now high enough and the threat is immediate enough but prudence demands that it is the time to leave now," he says
NSA Sullivan says Americans in Ukraine should leave in the next 24-48 hours. He says if they stay they are "assuming risk." He notes aerial bombings and missile attacks would likely mark the beginning of a Russian invasion which would kill civilians, no matter their nationality
Possible Russia invasion of Ukraine - "I do want to be clear" per @JakeSullivan46 "It could begin during the olympics despite a lot of speculation that it would only happen after"
US National Security Adviser @JakeSullivan46 briefs reporters on Russia-Ukraine: "We are in the window where an invasion could begin at any time should Putin decide to order it" he says
1 year agoMilitary echelon in Volokonovka, Belgorod region
NATO ambassadors have convened a highly unusual Friday night meeting to discuss increased concerns about Russian military planning
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed towards Khomutovka from Dmitriyev-Lgovsky
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Kursk region
The US believes Russian President Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, and communicated those plans to the Russian military
Moscow considers Kyiv's request for clarification about its military movements unacceptable
1 year agoMilitary echelons at Maslovka station in Voronezh region
1 year agoStoltenberg: Took part in leaders' meeting hosted by @POTUS to address high risk of future aggression from Russia against Ukraine. We stand united & prepared for any scenario. NATO remains open for dialogue, while making sure we protect all Allies
Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov was expected to arrive in Israel next Monday but postponed his trip earlier this week, Israeli officials tell
The Norwegian Foreign Ministry is advising all Norwegians to leave Ukraine, in addition to urging people to avoid travel to Russia and Belarus - NRK
US and allies have new intel that suggests Russia could be planning to attack Ukraine prior to end of Olympics, contrary to previous assessments. New intel comes as officials have dramatically ramped up the urgency of public warnings related to Ukraine in past 24 hours
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Gerasimov discussed international security issues with the head of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Milley, - the Russian Defense Ministry said
UK Defense minister Wallace says we take it seriously when Shoigu says Russia will not invade Ukraine
WH national security adviser Jake Sullivan will join press sec Jen Psaki at today's briefing. Biden met national security team Thursday night in Sit Room to discuss what appears to be a worsening situation re Russia and Ukraine, per source
From the White House officials: At 11 AM, President Biden will hold a call with Transatlantic leaders today to discuss our shared concerns about Russia's continued buildup of military forces around Ukraine and continued coordination on both diplomacy and deterrence
Russian minister says UK-Russia ties 'close to zero': reports
The Netherlands asks its citizens in Ukraine to leave the country as soon as possible
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine: We have officially invoked the risk reduction mechanism, according to Chapter III of the Vienna Document, and asked the Russian Federation to provide detailed explanations on military activities in the areas adjacent to Ukraine and the temporarily occupied Crimea
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Rostov region
The situation on the European continent is becoming more tense, and Russia is not to blame for this, - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with his British counterpart Ben Wallace in Moscow
RFF204 out from Latakia Air Base Syria flag-ruflag-ru Russian Navy Tu154 RA85855
Lavrov did not send letters to Stoltenberg and Borrell, their response is disrespect for the Russian request - Russian Foreign Ministry
1 year agoActivity recorded at airport in Klimovo
Organizations of the Kaluga region were given three months to replace migrants working in trade and restaurants with Russian citizens
Putin discussed Russia's relations with the CIS countries with the Security Council of the Russian Federation, says this topic one of the most important
1 year agoEquipment leaving military bases near Klintsy
1 year agoBase in Yelna is being emptied
1 year agoOn the question to @SecBlinken what changed for the US to issue its new Ukraine security alert & whether they will put @USEmbassyKyiv on ordered departure. He said the US continues "to see very troubling signs of Russian escalation" and "an invasion could begin at any time."
1 year agoOccupation authorities in parts of Donetsk region claim they've downed another drone
Blinken says Russian invasion of Ukraine could come 'any time', including during Olympics
1 year agoConvoy with servicemen from North Caucasus filmed in Kursk region
1 year agoIskander column filmed in Oryol region
"Russia's ongoing threat to Ukraine & the support some countries have expressed for Moscow's dangerous actions is just the latest example of how these rules are being challenged and it underscores why we have to stand together to defend them," @SecBlinken says alongside the Quad
2 dead as result of crash of An-2 at Kamchatka
Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, told a televised briefing that both sides would likely meet again soon and hoped for a breakthrough on prisoner exchanges and the opening of checkpoints in eastern Ukraine
Nearly nine hours of talks between Ukraine and Russia on Thursday failed to produce a breakthrough on signing a joint document, but both sides agreed to keep talking, the chief of staff to Ukraine's president said after the talks in Berlin
NBC Interview: Asked what scenario could prompt him to send troops to rescue Americans fleeing the country, Biden replied: "There's not. That's a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another
"American citizens should leave [Ukraine] now," Biden told NBC. "It's not like we're dealing with a terrorist organization. We're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. It's a very different situation and things could go crazy quickly"
Moscow hopes that Kyiv will have the prudence not to start hostilities, - Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of the Russian presidential administration, after the talks
1 year agoNo breakthroughs, no joint document. But it happened as it happened, - said Andriy Yermak after 9 hours of talks
1 year agoRussia suddenly abandoned the blockage of the Sea of Azov
1 year agoImages 15-18: near Kursk, Russia. (all from Maxar)
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia filed a formal transparency request under the OSCE rules for Minsk to disclose Belarus-Russia military exercise information as a confidence-building measure
1 year agoAir Defense system 9K330 Tor filmed in Novyy Oskol
Russian Soyuz rocket with 34 satellites of the British company OneWeb launched from the Kourou cosmodrome
1 year agoT-80BV and T-72B3 at Rzhava station in Pristen, Kursk Oblast
Russia has already deployed nearly 100 of the military's 168 battalion-tactical groups and dispatched personnel and equipment from six of the seven Russian special operations units, called Spetsnaz, according to a US intelligence assessment
1 year agoMilitary convoy with Iskander filmed today in Oryol region
1 year agoRussia's special envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov: It's time to remove the Taliban from the list of terrorist groups banned in Russia. Taliban is not designated as a terrorist group in Russia but UNSC listed some Taliban leaders as militants
Lavrov told the British Foreign Minister that the imposition of sanctions by London against Moscow would meet with a measured and tough response, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed near Vyazma
1 year agoBig military convoy filmed on M-3 highway near Naro-Fominsk
1 year agoMilitary echelon filmed today in Belgorod
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Gubkin city in Belgorod region of Russia
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Suzemka of Bryansk region
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Timsky district of Kursk region
1 year agoMilitary echelon in Zmiyevka, south to Oryol today
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Pristen, Kursk region
Russian media report that meeting in Normandy Format on the level of advisors has started in Berlin
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about continued coordination of the Transatlantic response to ongoing Russian threats against Ukraine
Minister of Defense of Ukraine appeals to international community to close ports for Russian vessels as response to Russian blockade of Azov Sea & Black Sea
Putin holds a meeting with Kazakh President Tokayev in Moscow
1 year agoLavrov now saying Budapest memorandum didn't apply because Maidan revolution was neo-Nazi fascist and the memorandum demanded respect of national minorities
Britain: Russia must return its military build-up on Ukraine's borders to stop tension
Josep Borrell Fontelles:I replied on behalf of the EU Member States to the letters they received from Minister Lavrov. Tensions and disagreements must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy. We call on Russia to de-escalate and to reverse its military build-up in and around Ukraine and in Belarus
1 year agoThe first of a number of B-52 bombers, callsign 'HATE14', is now arriving in the United Kingdom and is currently west of Glasgow and descending for RAF Fairford
Lavrov following a meeting with the head of the British Foreign Office: it is like a conversation between a dumb and a deaf. Compares talks with frozen ground for invasion of Russian tanks into Ukraine
Lavrov: Russia may advise non-essential staff of its diplomatic missions in Ukraine to leave the country
1 year agoDutch parliament votes in favor of motion calling on the government to freeze the assets of Putin and his oligarchs to stop an invasion in Ukraine
Exercises of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea do not interfere with merchant ships - Peskov
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry: We strongly protest Russia's decision to block parts of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait under the pretext of naval drills. The unprecedentedly large area of exercises essentially disables international navigation in both seas
1 year agoNATO SecGen Stoltenberg with PM Johnson describes Russia's military build-up as a "dangerous moment" for Europe. He says, "the number of Russian forces is going up. The warning time for a possible attack is going down"
1 year agoNATO Secretary General warns that Russia has massed "more than 125,000 combat-ready troops" around Ukraine "The readiness and number of Russian forces is going up. The warning time for an attack is going down" - @jensstoltenberg
1 year agoA convoy of Russian military equipment was spotted in Naroulya (Gomel region, Belarus) today. The column included: recovery vehicle (REM KL), T-72B tank of the 1989 model, mobile reconnaissance point PRP-4 on the BMP chassis
Ben Wallace heads to Moscow tomorrow for talks with defence minister & key Putin ally Sergey Shoigu. He'll be accompanied by Tony Radakin and commander of field army Lt Gen Ralph Wooddisse. Wallace tells us today we need to look at "lessons from the [ending of the] Cold War"
Russian FSB claims it detained network of 14 suspects making false bomb threats, and accused 18y.o. citizen of Ukraine from Volyn region as organizer of network
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Ivnya, Belgorod region
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Gorshechnoye, Kursk region
Liz Truss: We cannot ignore the increase in Russian forces on the border with Ukraine
British Foreign Secretary: We are concerned about the Russian military build-up on the border with Ukraine
