The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Ukraine told it on Saturday that Russia was planning to take full and permanent control of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Europe's biggest, but that Russia had later denied this
Mali: The UN is investigating allegations received by its human rights division that mercenaries from Russia, fighting alongside Malian soldiers, have committed abuses in the West African country
Oleh Baturin, a local journalist in Kherson, has disappeared. His wife says he left home for a quick meeting at 4.30pm, left phone and documents at home, never returned. Baturin filmed protests against Russian
"According to the information I have, they (Russians) try to arrange a kind of a logistics base near Chernobyl with the understanding that it will be more- it will be impossible to attack that logistics base because of its vicinity to the nuclear power plant." - @DmytroKuleba
1 year agoEngels Air Force Base -a large amount of Strategic bombers
Via Turkish airspace. Inbound Latakia Air Base, Syria flag-ruflag-ru Russian Air Force IL76 RA78830 RFF211
Ukrainian intelligence: Russian forces targeted a convoy of displaced civilians in the outskirts of Kyiv, killing seven of them
Russia's stock market will be closed for the whole of next week, Central Bank announces. That's until at least March 21. Shares last traded on Feb. 25
[email protected] says the United States would not offer Russia any relief on Ukraine sanctions as a condition of continuing talks on the Iran nuclear deal
Flag-trflag-tr Turkey @RTErdogan still allowing Russian military over flights Inbound Latakia Air Base, Syria flag-trflag-ru Russian Navy Tu154 RF85856
Macron, Scholz urge Putin to end siege of Mariupol: French presidency
Memo sent to @SecBlinken by @POTUS "to direct the drawdown of up to an aggregate value of $200 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training," to provide assistance to Ukraine
Russian forces in Kherson call deputies of the local regional council and try to convince them cooperate. According Sergey Khlan, a deputy who was contacted, they are trying to hold a "referendum" on the establishment of the "Kherson People's Republic"
Swiss banks are giving hourly updates on progress in implementing sanctions against Russian individuals and companies, Economy Minister Guy Parmelin said, and the government intends to report soon on the amount frozen
Commerzbank is joining German rival Deutsche Bank in pulling back from business in Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine
Zelenskiy said that Russia is sending new forces to Ukraine after suffering what its "biggest losses in decades"
Baby More than 1 million children have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And at least 79 children have been killed and 100 injured. Putin is a criminal. Russia has to be stopped StopRussia StandWithUkraine
France says Scholz, Macron holding new talks with Putin
Russia will treat western arms shipments to Ukraine as legitimate military targets, deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov says. "We warned [the US] of consequences from the insane transfer to Ukraine of weapons like mobile anti-aircraft systems, anti-tank missiles, and so on
Belarus government has said it will send five battalion tactical groups to the border with Ukraine to replace the troops currently stationed there. It denies that this is part of preparations for entry into the war
Aide to head of office of President:PM of Israeli @naftalibennett, just as other conditional intermediary countries, does NOT offer Ukraine to agree to any demands of the Russian Federation. This is impossible for military & political reasons. On the contrary, Israel urges Russia to assess the events more adequately
1 year agoRussian forces firing heavily from Trostyanets (Тростянець) in Sumy Oblast yesterday. Location of launch area: 50.481108, 34.965646
1 year agoRussian Ka-52 helicopter crashed in Rostov region. Crew killed
Russia warns sanctions could cause ISS to crash: official
1 year agoA 10-ship Russian naval group passed westbound thru the Tsugaru Strait 10 March between the Japanese main islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, retracing the route these ships took in Feb. Destroyer ADMIRAL PANTELEYEV 548 led the group that included corvettes SOVERSHENNY 333
1 year agoNatural gas explosion killed 2 in Voronezh
RFF201 - Out from Latakia Air Base, Syria, heading into Turkish airspace on a Russian Air Force callsign. flag-ruflag-ru Russian Government Tu154 RA85843
[email protected]'s new sanctions further isolates the severely damaged Russian economy by prohibiting trade in products that are key to the economic and financial interests of all Russian elites" per @SecYellen
The US Treasury: Sanctions on Russian figures and entities, including members of the "Doma"
RIA Novosti: The delivery of money transferred from outside Russia will take place in rubles only, as of March 12
1 year agoGeolocation of ambush of Russian military vehicles in Zalissya, Kyiv Oblast
The leaders of Russia and Belarus agreed on Friday that Moscow would supply its smaller neighbour with the most up-to-date military equipment in the near future, the official Belarus Belta news agency said
Russia's chemical/biological weapons capabilities inside Ukraine - Russia is "a country that has a reputation for using those kinds of weapons on people, and we know they have a program" per @PentagonPresSec
Washington: Tehran and Moscow should take "decisions" on the Iranian nuclear file
1 year agoDeutsche Bank: Statement on Russia, we are winding down business in Russia
US State Department Spokesperson: We are committed to helping Ukraine and supporting its right to belong to NATO
US imposes sanctions against wife of Kremlin's spokesperson Peskov and his adult children, State Department says
1 year agoTwo picketers were detained in Moscow's Pushkin Square for standing with a sign with a quote from the Bible and the words "No war"
1 year agoYouTube is banning Russian state media globally, and stepping up moderation around Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have been demanding this since the beginning of the invasion
President Duda: What Russia is doing in Ukraine shows that the "evil empire" is not gone. She shows her worst face once again
[email protected]: "We believe Russia could use chemical or biological agents for assassinations, as part of a staged or false flag incident, or to support tactical military operations"
1 year agoPresident @AndrzejDuda: If President Kaczyński were to be listened to, bolder decisions were made, and the attitude not to irritate Russia would not prevail - Ukraine would be in NATO today. The aggression in 2014 and the current war probably would not have happened. History would have turned out differently
Turkey is moving its embassy in Kyiv to the city of Chernivtsi amid reports of a planned Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tanju Bilgic was quoted as saying by state media on Friday
Russia is flying 200 sorties a day, not all over Ukraine. Some of them never enter Ukrainian airspace to launch cruise missiles from Russian territory says senior U.S. official
U.S. defense official confirms that Russia has struck airfields in Western Ukraine. Adds that Russia has launched about 810 missiles at Ukrainian targets since the invasion started across the country
[email protected] says Russia would pay a severe price if it uses Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
[email protected] announces a host of nations will revoke most favored trading status for Russia: "Putin is the aggressor, and he must pay the price"
POTUS: Other allies will also join to revoke Russia's "most favored nation" trade status. President Biden also announced a ban on Russian alcohol, seafood, and diamonds
President Zelensky:Had a substantive conversation with @POTUS. Gave him the assessment of the situation on the battlefield, informed about the crimes of Russia against the civilian population. We agreed on further steps to support the defense of Ukraine and increase sanctions against Russia
Biden will announce plans at the White House at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT) to revoke Russia's "most favored nation" trade status
Nestle has stopped exporting and importing non-essential food items such as Nespresso coffee or S.Pellegrino water from and to Russia, a spokesperson told Reuters on Friday
Ukraine's Minister of Defense is saying Russia is preparing to strike settlements in Belarus, near the Ukrainian border, from Ukraine's airspace. To force the current leadership of Belarus to join the war against Ukraine. "Moscow is trying to tie you up by blood
Russian authorities block access to Instagram
1 year agoMi-8 helicopter crashed in Valuyki, Bilhorod region
Ukraine still has 56 operational fighter jets in its inventory and Ukraine Air Force is still flying 5-10 sorties a day: senior US defense official
1 year agoThe Russian "Zvezda" channel broadcasts a video clip that says that the preparations of the Assad government's army to move and fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine
Ukraine's intelligence services claim that Russia's president Putin allegedly gave an order to stage a security incident at Chernobyl NPP, captured by the Russian forces on 25 February, and to blame the incident on Ukrainian forces
The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia asked the court to recognize Meta as an extremist organization
1 year agoApparently "The Central African forces express their willingness to help Russia and Russian soldiers in the fight against Ukraine"
Putin-Lukashenka talks started in Moscow
Kremlin's spokesperson says that Russians who are ashamed of Russian war against Ukraine are actually non-Russians
4 injured as Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Pskov region of Russia
Kharkiv governor: Russian forces bombed residential neighborhoods in the city 89 times in one day
Republican senators are calling on the Biden administration and NATO to get Polish fighter jets into Ukraine as the country tries to fend off Russia's invasion
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu at National security council reported to Putin that "everything according to the plan" in Ukraine
Putin convened meeting of Russian National security council
1 year agoLukashenka's delegation arrived in Kremlin to meet Putin
1 year agoRussian army bombed a residential area in Dnipro city. Explosions damaged a shoe factory, one apartment building and a kindergarten
1 year agoOn March 11, at about 06:10, three air strikes took place in the city of Dnipro. There was a hit near a kindergarten and an apartment building and hit a two-story shoe factory with subsequent burning
1 year agoVideo showing Russian forces entering destroyed Volnovakha town
The United Nations Security Council will convene on Friday at Russia's request, diplomats said, to discuss Moscow's claims, presented without evidence, of U.S. "biological activities" in Ukraine, a move Washington described as gaslighting
