On Thursday, Russia invaded Ukraine, precipitating the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II. In response, President Biden has delivered on his promise to impose sweeping economic sanctions against Russia, after weeks of saying he would institute severe sanctions against the country in such an event. It’s unclear at this point what these … Read more
We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story President Vladimir Putin called on his defense ministry to dispatch “peacekeepers” to eastern Ukraine’s two breakaway regions ( Image: Alexei Nikolsky/TASS) President Vladimir Putin is ordering Russian forces to “maintain peace” in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin has said. The … Read more
NATO forces have also moved into heightened readiness. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that NATO nations were prepared should escalate military operations. “We have reinforced and implemented the biggest reinforcement of collective defense since the end of the Cold War, with battlegroups in the Baltic region … Read more
Russia has sent as many as 7,000 troops to the border with the Ukraine said a US official after “false” claims were given that they were withdrawing some soldiers Russia has sent 7,000 more troops to the Ukraine border, it is reported ( Image: EAST2WEST NEWS) Russia has boosted its forces on the Ukrainian border … Read more
On Wednesday the Russian defense ministry released video showing a trainload of armored vehicles moving across a bridge away from Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014. It followed a similar announcement a day earlier, while Russian President Vladimir Putin also talked up the possibility of a diplomatic resolution to the crisis. But … Read more
Three official sources in Washington and Europe said intelligence shared with them by the United States pinpointed Feb. 16 as a possible start date for the invasion. Publicly, however, aides to President Joe Biden would not confirm a specific date other than to say that — counter to much public speculation and some previous assessments … Read more
Reuters In Moscow, Macron found a different, tougher Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of his marathon talks with France’s Emmanuel Macron this week on the Ukraine crisis reciting grievances that date back to the end of the Cold War, two sources in the French leader’s entourage said. In the first detailed read-out on … Read more
Boris Johnson said tensions in Ukraine will reach a ‘dangerous moment’ in the coming days. The situation in the country has been described as ‘one of the worst European crises in decades’ Desna military training center where Ukraine soldiers take part in training exercises with the use of the British-supplied NLAW ( Image: Andy Commins/Daily … Read more
On Thursday Boris Johnson will go to Brussels and Warsaw to stress the need to hold firm on NATO’s principles, and discuss ways that Britain can provide military support More troops have been put on stand-by in the event of an invasion ( Image: Getty Images) A thousand British troops are on stand-by to provide … Read more
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