Events

Military deployment at Unecha station in Bryansk region

A helicopter with three people on board made a hard landing near the village of Karagaikul in the Blagoveshchensky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan

The CSTO troops in Kazakhstan are authorized to use their weapons - the organization's secretary general said

White House says situation in Kazakhstan won't affect plans for talks with Russia next week - Reuters

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with French MFA Secretary General Francois Delattre, German MFA Political Director Tjorven Bellmann, Italian MFA Secretary General Ettore Sequi, and UK Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America James Cleverly. They pledged to continue close U.S.-European coordination to deter further Russian aggression against Ukraine and reaffirmed their commitment to impose massive consequences and severe costs on Russia for destabilizing actions.

Looks like @danvan71 has found another possible encampment in the Klintsy area, at a training ground near the village of Unecha. Review of Sentinel-2 imagery shows equipment may have arrived there as early as the first week of November. Imagery below from January 2nd

Representatives of the Russian Federation, Germany and France agreed on further contacts with the participation of Ukraine for an early end to the conflict in the east of the country, Kozak said.

Column of Russian airborne troops on the highway near Ivanovo airfield

.@DeputySecState will lead the US delegation to the talks with Russia in Geneva Monday and the NATO-Russia Council meeting on Wednesday, per @StateDept

Military transport aviation arrives in Ulyanovsk to load the 31st separate guards air assault brigade

China, Russia and beyond "betting democracy's days are numbered," according to @POTUS. "They're betting America will become more like them and less like us

Units of the 45th separate brigade of the special forces of the Russian Airborne Forces(Kubinka), airborne troops from Ivanovo and Ulyanovsk were sent to Kazakhstan as part of the CSTO forces. First units have already arrived on the ground - Russian Defense Ministry

Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman spoke with @NATO Deputy Secretary General @Mircea_Geoana about Russia's military build-up on Ukraine's borders

Secretary of Defense: This morning, I spoke with Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu. We discussed risk reduction near Ukraine's borders

Russian Defense Minister Shoigu had phone call with the head of the Pentagon

Returning from Kazakhstan now: 224th Flight Unit (Russian Air Force) Antonov An-124 reg. RA-82014/15405E currently over Russia. Callsign: RFF8460

MP of Russian State Duma Sultan Hamzaev on his Instagram calls Russia to annex "historical lands of Russia" Kazakhstan

Russia considers events in Kazakhstan as an external-inspired attempt to violently undermine the security and integrity of the state - Russian Foreign Ministry

About 10 detained at protest in support of Kazakhstan people at Chistoprudniy boulevard in Moscow

Lavrov and Çavuşoğlu discussed by phone the situation in Kazakhstan and the upcoming meeting of the Russia-NATO Council

The CSTO secretariat stated that they received request from the Kazakh side for assistance. It says that "the situation is viewed as an invasion of armed gangs trained from abroad.". " Units of the CSTO contingent have already begun to fulfill their tasks in Kazakhstan"

Russia put regiment at Orenburg on combat alert for deployment to Kazakhstan. Also 11 separate engineering brigade which is deployed in Kamensk-Skhakhtinsk near Ukraine could be moved to Kazakhstan

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid today. The Secretary and Foreign Minister discussed a range of regional and global challenges, including the risks of further Russian aggression against Ukraine as well as the challenges posed by Iran

CSTO peacekeeping forces will be able to stay in Kazakhstan until the situation stabilizes - head of the State Duma committee Kalashnikov

Foreign investments and business of foreign companies will be protected in Kazakhstan, - Russian Foreign Ministry says

Currently, one Il-76 76731 and one An-124 82013 are sent to the Chkalovsky airfield for loading. (IL-76 from Pskov, Ruslan from Sescha)

Russian IT executive Klyushin pleaded not guilty on all counts in Massachusetts federal court today via Zoom. Judge ordered him detained, citing a "substantial" flight risk

Will discussions next week move fast enough to head off a Russian invasion? Sec Blinken basically says the onus is on Russia to deescalate. Says some things that can be done relatively quickly but it's very hard to make progress in any areas with a gun pointed to Ukraine's head

Sec Blinken, speaking next to German Foreign Minister @ABaerbock, says of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline: "If Russia renews its aggression toward Ukraine, it would certainly be difficult to see gas flowing through it in the future"

Blinken, meeting German FM Baerbock, says Russia rhetoric on Ukraine is "a little bit like the fox saying it had no choice but attacking the hen house because the hen presented a threat"

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretary Ángeles Moreno Bau. They discussed the coordination of U.S. and European efforts to deter and impose significant costs on further Russian aggression against Ukraine

Natural gas pipeline is on fire in Klin near Moscow

Josep Borrell: Could eyewitness during visit to Stanytsya Luhanska and contact line with Foreign Minister @DmytroKuleba consequences of aggressions against Ukraine. Any further military aggression would have massive consequences; Russia needs to de-escalate and fully implement Minsk agreements

.@ABaerbock landed in DC for her first visit to the US as German FM. Will meet @SecBlinken and @SpeakerPelosi - main topics: Russia - Ukraine, Iran

Russian Aeroflot canceled flight to Almaty (after the introduction of the state of emergency, entry into the city is limited)

CSTO sources say to Russian state outlet RIA that Kazakhstan has not requested assistance from CSTO as of now

Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-214 RSD101 tracking over Kazakhstan

Kremlin's spokesperson says that Kazakhstan authorities have not requested assistance from the Russian Federation

Kremlin's spokesperson on possible assistance to Kazakhstan: "Hope our Kazakh friends will be able to resolve internal issues on their own. Important to avoid foreign interference"

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: In helicopter with @JosepBorrellF, taking off to Luhansk region. First ever EU HR/VP visit to Donbas since Russia launched this war

The Russian Foreign Ministry: The military level of NATO participating in the negotiations will be an indication of their seriousness

The Russian Foreign Ministry: We have the military tools to maintain security in the event that the non-NATO expansion negotiations fail

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that they are closely following the development of the situation in Kazakhstan

In the Amur region, an explosion at a gas processing plant. The accident happened at one of the installations. Rescuers are now trying to extinguish the fire. Previously, there were no casualties.