JUST IN – Biden talks with Zelensky

Zelenskiy will discuss the security situation and ongoing de-escalation efforts with Biden in the coming hours, his spokesman said

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🇺🇸⚡Officials from the White House, US intelligence agencies, and the Department of Homeland Security met via video link on Friday to discuss responses to a potential wave of hacking, given the ongoing tensions between NATO and Russia, CNN has reported.

Article 5 of NATO next?

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Russia has failed to respond to questions raised by Ukraine under the OSCE Vienna Document with in the 48-hour timeframe. Deadline for a response expired today at 13:59 CET. Ukraine asked Russia to clarify "unusual military activities"

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JUST IN – Ukraine: The US Ambassador in Kiev and the remaining diplomats are evacuated to Lviv.

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🇮🇩⚡Poland is preparing for "various scenarios" for a possible influx of refugees if Russia were to attack Ukraine, — Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski

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🇩🇪⚡German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sees the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as a "very, very serious threat to peace in Europe."

In the event of military aggression against Ukraine, which would endanger its territorial integrity and sovereignty, there would be "tough reactions and sanctions," he said in Berlin.

The sanctions had been carefully prepared, Scholz said, and they would take effect immediately, together with Germany's allies in Europe and NATO.

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BREAKING – 🇨🇦⚡🇺🇦The Canadian Department of Defense begins a partial evacuation of its military personnel located on the territory of Ukraine to an unnamed European region.

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⚡Moscow is not ready to transfer the dialogue on security guarantees into the mode of multi-year negotiations, because they will be conducted in parallel with the specific actions of the United States and allies to arm Ukraine and draw it into the NATO military infrastructure, this cannot meet our interests, moreover, it poses a threat, - Kremlin spokesman Peskov

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🇨🇵 Paris, unlike Washington, sees no signs of a possible "Russian invasion" of Ukraine, Le Figaro with reference to a source in the Elysee Palace

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🇩🇪⚡German Chancellor Scholz confirmed the imposition of uniform sanctions against Russia in the event of a military invasion.

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JUST IN – Russia won’t take part in the OSCE meeting (scheduled for today, 15.00 CET) called for by Baltic countries.

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BREAKING – 🇵🇱⚡️Poland’s foreign minister is set to meet with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss tensions over Ukraine and a range of bilateral issues.

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Russian envoy warns of right to counterattack in eastern Ukraine

... not hard to see where this is going.

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JUST IN – 🇺🇸⚡US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin travels to Europe.

📅 This week, the head of the Pentagon will visit Poland, Lithuania and Belgium, where he will discuss with colleagues the situation around Ukraine.

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BREAKING – 🇬🇧⚡ British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss said a "Russian invasion" of Ukraine is "very likely".

According to Truss, Kiev can be captured very quickly.

The head of British diplomacy also believes that "an unmarked attack" could be carried out in the coming days.

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JUST IN – NATO expansion is not planned, it is not on the agenda - 🇩🇪 Scholz

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U.S. intelligence officials allege a conservative financial website with a significant U.S. readership is amplifying Kremlin propaganda. Officials said Zero Hedge, with 1.2 million Twitter followers, published articles created by Moscow-controlled media.

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⚠️ JUST IN – On Tuesday, the C.I.A. closed, at least temporarily, its station in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, a day after U.S. diplomatic personnel relocated to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.

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NATO frigates tried to conduct electronic reconnaissance of Russian ships during exercises in the Mediterranean, a source told RIA Novosti.

According to him, "as a result, the crews of Russian missile cruisers detected radar emissions from the ships of the NATO determined the parameters of their movement and took them for escort."

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🇺🇸⚡U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has hinted that Pyongyang could continue to test weapons — including a possible long-range missile — amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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🇺🇸⚡US President Joe Biden:

🔹️ The United States and allies are ready for any development of events;
🔹️ Together with allies and partners, we are working along the path of diplomacy;
🔹️ This week I spoke with President Putin;
🔹️ we proposed new elements of strategic stability and security;
🔹️ we will not deviate from the basic principles: each country has the right to choose with whom to be (in the union);
🔹️ at the moment we do not confirm the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Ukrainian border;
🔹️ Russian troops are on the attack position;
🔹️ American citizens must leave Ukraine before things get worse;
🔹️ we do not threaten Russia, we are not looking for ways to destabilize Russia, Russia is not our enemy, we have long historical ties;
🔹️ Russian invasion will lead to dire consequences;
🔹️ if Russia chooses the path of war, a unified response from the West will follow;
🔹️ this is more than Russia and Ukraine, this is the fate of the world;
🔹️ The United States and our partners are ready to introduce unprecedented sanctions if Russia chooses the path of invasion;
🔹️ The United States does not plan to place missiles on the territory of Ukraine;
🔹️ we sent additional forces to the eastern flank of NATO;
🔹️ more than 150 thousand Russian military are concentrated on the Ukrainian border;
🔹️ we are not looking for a confrontation with Russia;
🔹️ if Russia strikes and American citizens suffer - we will respond.

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