1 year agoMilitary filmed in Rossosh in Voronezh region near border of Ukraine
1 year agoPutin met with Kadyrov in Moscow
A Latvian diplomat told CNN Wednesday that Latvia, which borders Russia and Belarus, "is ready and willing to host more troops from the US - it's been a long standing topic of discussion with the Pentagon and those discussions are still ongoing
Germany's Scholz says will travel to Moscow 'soon' to discuss Ukraine
1 year agoThe Wagner Group—a Russian private military company linked to the Kremlin—has arrived in Mali with the support of the Russian armed forces
Biden tells his decision to deploy troops is "totally consistent" with what he's told Putin since the beginning. "As long as he's acting aggressively, we are going to make sure we reassure our NATO allies in Eastern Europe that we're there and Article 5 is a sacred obligation
1 year agoMultiple Rosguardiya assets on the move across Western Russia
Macron: We will hold talks with Biden on Ukraine, and I may go to Russia
The White House says it's no longer using the word "imminent" to describe the potential for a Russian invasion of Ukraine. It was sending an unintended message, Jen Psaki says
"There is one aggressor here. That aggressor is Russia," states @PressSec on whether Putin might use this troop movements as pretext for offensive action
Moscow says US deployment to eastern Europe 'destructive steps'
Russia has written a stern letter to the Irish government demanding a "prompt response" to a series of claims that Dublin may have changed its position on post-Cold War European security arrangements
Britain announces that its air forces have intercepted 4 Russian bombers that were approaching its maritime economic zone
Kirby emphasizes that the deployment is "not meant to be permanent." "They are moved designed to respond to the current security environment. Moreover, these forces are not going to fight in Ukraine. They're going to ensure the robust defense of our NATO allies
1 year agoAsked why U.S. has now decided to deploy military forces to Europe amid Russian aggression, Pentagon spokesperson says Russian leader Putin "continues to add forces—combined arms, offensive capabilities even over just the last 24 hours
Russian Ambassador to the United States: Putin will assess the possibility of continuing dialogue with Washington
1 year ago"No change to their presence or posture" of @NationalGuard in Ukraine where they're continuing to provide trainings, resources and assistance, responds @PentagonPresSec to @CarlaBabbVOA
Asked whether units heading to eastern Europe could conduct an evacuation mission in Ukraine, Kirby says "our troops are multi-mission capable & they will be prepared for a range of contingencies." But State Dept. officials has said the military would not conduct such a mission
Pentagon: "Putin continues to add forces, combined arms, offensive capabilities, even over just the last 24 hours. He continues to add in western Russia & Belarus & the Mediterranean & the North Atlantic. He has shown no signs of being interested or willing to de escalate the tensions"
"It's important that we send a strong signal to Mr. Putin and frankly, to the world that NATO matters to the United States" Kirby says of new deployments
Chairman of the Public Chamber of the Chechen Republic Ismail Denilkhanov demanded that Putin close the media like Novaya Gazeta, Dozhd, and the Committee Against Torture
The Pentagon: We will work through NATO to carry out a non-escalatory defensive deployment of these forces
CNN: "US officials prepare for potential Russian cyberattacks as Ukraine standoff continues"
1 year agoBritish Foreign Office Secretary spoke on the phone to @DmytroKuleba on British support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. The UK and our allies stand with Ukraine
Jens Stoltenberg: Substantive conversation with PM @KirilPetkov about Russia's military build-up in and around Ukraine & implications for European security. Bulgaria is a committed NATO Ally contributing to our collective defence
Biden has formally approved additional US military deployments to eastern Europe, and the Pentagon is expected to announce Wednesday morning that the troops will deploy "in the coming days," US officials tell @NatashaBertrand and @barbarastarrcnn
Putin discussed with Russian Security council protection of personal data
Tagil division of Russian strategic missile troops deployed Yars ICBMs for combat patrols - Russian Ministry of Defense
1 year agoS-400 missile system "Triumph" division arrived in Belarus today (02.02) in Kurasoushchyna, Minsk. Vans 90Yu6, 40V6 universal mobile towers and loader-transport vehicles based on four-axle Urals were also seen. These S-400 are going to Belarus from the Khabarovsk Krai (Russia)
The Kremlin: China supports Russia's security demands from the West
Germany's media regulators have banned broadcasting of the German-language TV channel of Russian state broadcaster RT
Sweden contributes 50 million SEK to Partnership Fund for Resilient Ukraine PFRU - a flexible new instrument to support Ukraine's resilience against Russia's aggression, launched today in partnership with UK, Canada and Switzerland
Unauthorized rally in Grozny with calls to bring the Yangulbaevs to justice for provocations
Putin: Our mission is to strengthen the "Russian World". The entire "Russian World", which is multi-confessional, multinational
Currently, the activity of Russian strategic aviation is observed. At least 3 bombers in the air with the support of 3 tankers + A-50 AWACS
Russian Central Military district held air defense drill with S-400 in Siberia
1 year agoOfficials and security forces of Chechnya joined the promise of State Duma deputy Delimkhanov to cut off the heads of the Yangulbaev family
The Kremlin: We have nothing to do with media leaks about Washington and NATO's response to the security guarantees proposals
1 year agoParagraph 7.2 in the leaked NATO response to Russia's security demands is interesting. It suggests a possible offer to reverse NATO's decision last year to shrink Russia's mission to NATO - expelling 8 Russian diplomats (intelligence officers)
1 year agoIncreased Russian aerial activity: Russian Air Force Ilyushin IL-76MD RA78830 -RosGuardia Ilyushin IL-76MD -Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-214ON RF-64519 (Ex-Open Skies) -Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M RA-85686 -Rosgvardia Ilyushin Il-76b RA-76804 -Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Tupolev Tu-154M RF-85735
Russian Western Military district launched air defense drill in Leningrad region with S-400 missile systems
The Soyuz Vostok gas pipeline, which will run through Mongolia to China, will annually supply about 50 billion cubic meters of gas to China, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said.
The pumping of gas through Yamal-Europe pipeline has stopped. Gazprom has booked capacity today, but not used it
1 year agoNetherlands PM Mark Rutte is in Kyiv today as a week of high-level visits backing Ukraine against the threat of a renewed Russian invasion continues
1 year agoRussian Diplomatic source confirmed to RIA Novosti that NATO response to Russia leaked by El Pais is authentic
1 year agoKlimovo, western Russia, near Belarus and Ukraine borders. Military equipment and storage facilities. Jan. 19
1 year agoPogonovo training area, near Voronezh, western Russia. Jan. 26. Battle groups, firing range, towed artillery, live-fire training area
1 year agoHere is @Maxar's comparison of the Novoozernoe site in Crimea. Some equipment is missing, but more importantly, a camp for personnel has been established
1 year agoYelnya, western Russia. Jan. 19. Battle groups, tanks, artillery, support, troops
1 year agoYevpatoria, western Crimea. Feb. 1. Russian troop tents and armored vehicles
1 year agoNovoozernoye, Crimea. More Russian troop tents, various vehicles, tanks, other materiel
Tents/shelters for personnel, @Maxar adds, "suggests the units are now accompanied with troops and have increased their overall readiness level; moreover, local military training activity (including live-fire artillery and maneuver training) has been observed in progress at numerous training areas
"During the past couple of weeks, several new significant military deployments have been observed in Belarus. Also, troop tents/shelters for personnel have been seen at virtually every deployment location in Belarus, Crimea and western Russia," @Maxar says
A sitting State Duma deputy from Chechnya went on Instagram today & threatened (in Chechen) to behead both the relatives of a retired judge & anyone who translates his threat into Russian
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed in Belgorod region near the border of Ukraine
1 year agoMilitary convoy geolocated at Slovyansk-na-Kubani, moving towards Crimea
Jens Stoltenberg: Continued coordination with @SecBlinken, @RauZbigniew and @JosepBorrellF on Russia's unjustified military build-up in and around Ukraine and our next steps
US told Kremlin it's willing to discuss giving Russia a way to verify there aren't Tomahawk cruise missiles stationed at NATO bases in Romania and Poland—on condition Russia shares similar info on certain bases in Russia, sources tell @JenniferJJacobs, @AlbertoNardelli and Henry Meyer
Russia adding to combat capabilities but also "sustainment & logistics" to forces surrounding Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec "That includes field hospitals & doctors & nurses" "[Putin] has enough capability to move now if he wants to.he could move imminently" per Kirby
1 year agoMilitary convoy filmed on the highway between Smolensk and Bryansk
Gazprom booked the capacity of the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe pipeline at the end of the gas day on February 1 from 0:00 to 8:00 Moscow time in the amount of 1.6 million cubic meters per hour. Yamal-Europe has not pumped gas in the forward direction (from east to west) since December 21 last year
The US has not shared the intel about the imminent Russian threat with Ukraine, the sources close to the Ukrainian government told. American officials are only citing the intel report but not sharing the document itself with Kyiv, they clarified
Orbán has raised his voice in Moscow against the EU's Russia sanctions policy: "Sanctions policies did not bring the desired effect in the case of Russia at all" - he said as if he had forgotten that he had also approved all of those sanctions in Brussels
The Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has confirmed to the BBC that he will visit Moscow next week for talks with Russia Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu
"We are very grateful" per Estonia PM @kajakallas, asked about @POTUS' handling of the Russia-Ukraine standoff "We feel we are also heard in this process"
1 year ago[email protected] has spoken with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Per @StateDeptSpox, he emphasized US willingness "to continue a substantive exchange with Russia on mutual security concerns," urged "immediate Russian de-escalation
Delayed phone call over Ukraine crisis between UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson & Russian President Putin has been rescheduled and is now set to happen on Wednesday, the UK PM's spokesman says
With Russiasupplying about a third of European gas, tensions over Ukraine put the EU's EnergySecurity at risk. In a joint statement, @vonderleyen and @POTUS commit to intensifying energy cooperation to avoid shocks in case of an escalation
The troops of the Eastern Military District, as part of the test of the reaction forces of the Union State, were deployed at a distance of up to 10 thousand km, Shoigu said.
Russia is still preparing response on U.S and NATO reply to Russian security guarantees proposals, but Lavrov sent NATO’s MFAs document on understating of indivisibility of security - Russian Foreign Ministry
State Department orders departure of family members of US Embassy Belarus employees & warns American citizens not travel to the country amid an "unusual and concerning Russian military buildup along Belarus' border with Ukraine
