1 year agoRussian cyber actors targeted US and international ICS/SCADA and energy facilities, attempting to cause damage to systems and supply chains. Today, @FBI & @DoJ announced criminal charges against four MCAs, most from FSB Center 16, for targeting civilian critical infrastructure
Indictment by @TheJusticeDept of Russian gov actors' (from MoD Research Institute and FSB) work over the years to compromise global energy infrastructure. The efforts to compromise safety systems of oil refineries in Saudi and US are disturbing
1 year agoState Dept offering $10 million for info on Russian government hackers
New alert from @CISAgov, @FBI, and @ENERGY: It documents historical cyber activity of Russian state-sponsored cyber operations. and assesses that there is an ongoing threat to the U.S. energy sector
The US State Department: We are coordinating with partners to ensure that Russia does not circumvent the sanctions
Russia sent 100 soldiers and 4 Military helicopters to Qamishli airport northeastern Syria
The United States, the European Union and largely western allies have blocked Belarus' bid to join the World Trade Organization, saying its complicity in Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes it unfit for membership in the global trade group
The U.N. atomic watchdog hopes to deploy around 15 to 20 staff to Ukraine's nuclear facilities if an agreement with Kyiv and Moscow is reached on ensuring safety there, a U.S. congressman said on Thursday after a meeting with the watchdog's chief
President Biden says he thinks Russia should be removed from the G20. But it'll depend on G20 members. He added that if it can't happen, he believes Ukraine should be allowed to attend the G20 meetings
1 year ago"We would respond." US President Biden wouldn't give any details, but said there would be a response should Russia use chemical weapons in Ukraine
1 year ago[email protected] speaking at NATO. Says "NATO has never been more United. Putin is getting exactly the opposite of what he intended"
Any demand by Russia to receive payment in roubles for its gas exports would represent a breach of contract, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday
5 civilians killed, 8 wounded as result of Russian attacks today in Luhansk region - head of regional administration
1 year agoIf Russia President Putin were to use WMDs in Ukraine "the consequences would be very, very severe" but you "have to have an ambiguity about your response," says @BorisJohnson to reporters following @NATO meeting
1 year agoUnknown people left a pig's head outside Ekho Moskvy editor Alexei Venediktov's apartment and put a Ukrainian crest sticker on his door with "Judensau" – Jewish pig" – written on it
1 year agoPoland's PM @Morawieckim ahead of the EUCO: We should act decisively in the area of sanctions on gas, oil and coal from Russia. If we do not pay this price today, we will pay it one way or another tomorrow or the day after
1 year agoPrime Minister Morawiecki before the EU summit: what is happening in Ukraine is a massacre, it is barbaric. Poland organizes diplomatic and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, we provide defensive weapons
1 year agoA very important aspect for me as the President of the country that borders Ukraine is and will be to increase the presence of NATO on the eastern flank of the Alliance - President @AndrzejDuda after the Extraordinary NATO Summit
The most important topic of the NATO summit was what other measures the North Atlantic Alliance can and should take to end Russia's aggression towards Ukraine - President Andrzej Duda said
[email protected]: Poland is fulfilling its duty today, to its neighbor, but also to the free world. In order for it to remain safe, to be able to restore peace in Ukraine, today we need determination towards Russia, but also great heart and courage towards Ukraine
The G7 warns Russia against the use of nuclear or chemical/ biological weapons in Ukraine
1 year ago[email protected]: the president of the USA definitely declared that Art. 5 of the NATO Treaty will be launched as needed
[email protected]: What is happening in Ukraine is not an ordinary war, aggression of one army against another, it is slaughter against civilians, women, children and the elderly. Humanitarian convoys are under attack, which is barbaric
[email protected]: We will appeal to cut off access to European ports, cut off trade with Russia by road or rail, and treat the sanctions as seriously as possible, this is the only way for Russia to withdraw from its aggressive policy
Adviser to the Ukrainian President: The progress of the Russian forces has practically stopped in several regions due to their lack of the necessary resources
1 year ago1 month since Russia started devastating war, UNGA (with resounding majority-140) just adopted a resolution Humanitarian Consequences of Aggression against Ukraine demands to stop the war
On Thursday, the National Council decided on comprehensive support for the digitization of the media - and at the same time a ban on broadcasting Russia Today in Austria
1 year agoRussian army shelled lyceum, boiling room and culture center in Kyrdany village of Korosten district. 5 houses destroyed, 13 damaged in Rakivschyna village
1 year agoBurning Russian Landing Ship at Berdiansk visible in satellite imagery from earlier today. Also visible are the two other Ropucha class landing ships, one sailing in circles. Various tugs and smaller craft rushing around
1 year agoNATO's Supreme Allied Commander has activated the alliance's chemical, biological and radiological "defense elements" out of concern that a possible chemical attack by Russia may spill over Ukraine's border
Allies "called on China to refrain from supporting Russia's war effort," including by providing economic or military support. "Beijing should use its significant influence on Russia and promote an immediate peaceful resolution." - Stoltenberg
U.S. sanctions deployed today: 328 Duma Members, Duma as an entity; Sberbank CEO Herman Gref; Gennady Timchenko and family members; 47 Russian defense companies; 17 board members of Sovcombank
Special military operation is going according to plan, all goals will be achieved - Russian Foreign Ministry
The latest EUCO draft also mentions that the "European Council calls on all countries to align with those sanctions. Any attempts to circumvent sanctions or to aid Russia by other means must be stopped
Russian shelling continues on the outskirts of Kharkiv, causing a number of casualties
1 year agoThe president of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday said he and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov had discussed the need to protect civilians during Moscow's war in Ukraine
Polina Kovaleva, the effective stepdaughter of Sergey Lavrov, has now been sanctioned by the UK
Foreign Office is preparing to announce sanctions against 65 more entities and individuals, including Russian billionaire Eugene Shvidler and Galina Danilchenko, who was installed by Moscow as the mayor of Melitopol in southeastern Ukraine
[email protected] will stay on as head of the NATO alliance for another year as allies agreed to extend his term because of the grave security crisis triggered by Russia's war in Ukraine, @SkyNews understands
Pumping of natural gas through the "Power of Siberia" will be stopped from March 29 to April 4 due to scheduled works, - Gazprom
The existence of Russia itself is at stake today - Head of Russian delegation at talks with Ukraine and former minister of culture Medinsky
Russian Defense Ministry claims control of the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region
Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office: 128 children have been killed and more than 172 injured since the start of the Russian war on Ukraine
1 year agoExplosion at Berdyans'k port, Reports suggest that a Russian military vessel carrying ammunition was hit. Zaporizhzhia oblast
1 year agoRapucha-class Russian landing ship fleeing Berdyansk port, looks the fuel depot at the port is burning
1 year agoA ship is reportedly on fire at Berdyansk port in Russian occupied southern-Ukraine on the Sea of Azov coast
1 year agoRussian Forces between Rakivka and Ozera, Kyiv Oblast
1 year ago[email protected] still has ships calling at Russian ports to deliver containers booked before the invasion of Ukraine & to pick up 50000 containers stranded in Russia: Singapore flag container-ship Mærsk Gironde transited Bosphorus toward Med en route from Novorossiysk to Istanbul Ambarlı
Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk: shots heard in the city were targeting of enemy UAVs
Security Council rejects Russian draft resolution on humanitarian situation in Ukraine
Russia still has "vast majority of their assembled available inventory of surface-to-air missiles and cruise missiles available to them.the thing that they are running the lowest on are air-launched cruise missiles. just over 50% of what they had assembled left"- senior defense official
1 year agoOn the @BrusselsAirport tarmac, @POTUS is greeted by @alexanderdecroo
Senior US Defense official says no indications that Belarus military is preparing to join the fight in Ukraine
Renault announces immediate suspension of work at Moscow factory: statement
1 year agoRussian army shelled Bakhmut in Donetsk region
A senior Pentagon official: Ukrainian forces forced the Russian army to retreat 55 km to the east of Kyiv
1 year agoRussian media watchdog Roskomnadzor blocked Google News in Russia
An independent Russian journalist Oksana Baulina has been killed by Russian shelling while covering the war in Kyiv
1 year agoThe Russian Foreign Ministry handed over to the US Embassy in Moscow a note with a list of U.S diplomatic employees to be expelled from Russia
1 year agoThe US government has formally declared that members of the Russian armed forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Wednesday
Russian space company "Roskosmos" will make new contracts only in Russian Ruble - head of company
Russia's demand for gas payment in rubles a 'breach of contract': Germany
1 year agoReports of issues with Telegram
European Union spokesman: Sanctions are not the only way to stop Putin's war, we support Ukraine militarily
Israeli Prime Minister Bennett spoke with Russian President Putin, the Kremlin said
Russian Foreign Ministry: There are fewer Russian diplomats in Poland than the number of expelled employees announced by Warsaw
NATO worries China could support Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the head of the Western military alliance said on Wednesday, adding the 30 member nations will discuss Beijing's role in the war Moscow is waging on its neighbour in Brussels on Thursday
The Kremlin: Putin and Scholz discussed the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations by phone
"Russia must stop its nuclear saber rattlings. It is dangerous & it is irresponsible" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg. “Nuclear war cannot be won & shud never be fought"
"Any use of chemical weapons would totally change the nature of the conflict" in Ukraine and "have far-reaching consequences" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg
"Russia has walked away from the @NATO-Russia Founding Act" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg "They have violated it again and again”
1 year agoBritish Ministry of Defense: We are calling on YouTube to help us support Ukraine by taking down videos doctored by the Russian state and disseminated to try and sap the morale of a people fighting for their freedom
"I think it's a real threat" - @POTUS on Russian threat of chemical warfare. Ukraine Via pooler @GregClugstonDC
Putin ordered government to receive payments for Russian natural gas from countries in "unfriendly countries list" in Russian Ruble
Anatoly Chubais, who gave Putin his first Kremlin job, stepped down as Russia's climate envoy and has left the country over Putin's war in Ukraine
Ukrainian negotiating delegation: Ongoing talks with Russia are difficult
The Russian ambassador confirmed the note from the Polish Foreign Ministry demanding the expulsion of 45 diplomats on charges of espionage
Russian minister: it could take month and a half or two to restore infrastructure of Caspian pipeline consortium
The Internal Security Agency points out that Russia is more and more often acts against Poland. A list of 45 people from diplomatic circles working on behalf of Russia's intelligence has been prepared. A request has been made for the expulsion of these people from Poland - announced @StZaryn
1 year agoYesterday, Russia lost 3 Orlan-10 drones (1st and 2nd ones gor destroyed, 3rd one was captured)
Russian army shelled Shevchenkivsky and Svyatoshinsky districts in Kyiv. Several private houses, residential apartments blocks, a mall damaged. Civil defense extinguishing fires. 4 wounded
