WHITE HOUSE SAYS NO DESIRE BY BIDEN TO SEND U.S. TROOPS TO UKRAINE OTHER THAN WITH NATO
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) January 25, 2022
*SCHOLZ: GERMANY DOESNT SEND WEAPONS ABROAD FOR HISTORIC REASON
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) January 25, 2022
MACRON SAYS IN NEWS CONFERENCE WITH GERMANY'S SCHOLZ WE ARE BOTH VERY KEEN FOR DEESCALATION REGARDING UKRAINE / RUSSIA
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) January 25, 2022
MACRON SAYS WE WILL NEVER ABANDON DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIA
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) January 25, 2022
Hundreds of Javelin anti-tank missiles have arrived in Ukraine from the United States: U.S. officials https://t.co/iYFALjOcwR
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) January 25, 2022
Had the opportunity tonight to observe the latest US military assistance delivery arrive in Ukraine — I observed nearly 300 javelins, as well as SMAW-D “bunker busters.” pic.twitter.com/UL2coXaIpn
— Nolan Peterson (@nolanwpeterson) January 25, 2022
Note: USS Harry Truman carrier strike group in Mediterranean leading NATO drills https://t.co/vXVvCJWtwO
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) January 25, 2022
3 🇷🇺Russian assault ships of the Baltic Fleet (Minsk, Kaliningrad and Korolev) expected to transit Strait of Gibraltar today – most likely heading for Black Sea.
— Navy Lookout (@NavyLookout) January 25, 2022
The group is being shadowed by by destroyer 🇺🇸USS Roosevelt pic.twitter.com/vBF0bX1XpE
– Does your family have a plan of action in case of Russian invasion into Ukraine?
— Denis Kazakiewicz (@Den_2042) January 24, 2022
⁃Yes. We have.
⁃Do you mind to share?
⁃Will take a gun and go for a war. pic.twitter.com/5kcbmSY3vU
… And as for myself I am ready for the war. If they will give me a gun, I will go for a war. Will do whatever it takes. Will beat them however I can.
— Denis Kazakiewicz (@Den_2042) January 24, 2022
Kharkiv Ukraine
Once again, Ukrainian civil society is stepping up in a moment of crisis.
— Nolan Peterson (@nolanwpeterson) January 25, 2022
Volunteers in Kyiv are teaching first aid, what to pack in go-bags, the best routes out of the city, how to keep children calm — even self defense classes.
Quite a moment.
Me on the @BBCNews about the mood in Ukraine and surreal, scary conversations we are having with our friends and families these days. Also, a call for Ukraine's partners to help boost 🇺🇦 air defence capabilities: a major weakness of our military compared to Russia's https://t.co/EX5ivfowvt
— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) January 24, 2022
Monday in Review:
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) January 25, 2022
-Pentagon puts 8,500 troops on alert, rushes arms to Ukraine
-U.S. forces defend against missile attack in UAE, help Kurds fight ISIS at prison in Syria
-U.S. Navy jet crashes on aircraft carrier in South China Sea
-China launches jets and bombers near Taiwan
US officials say Putin probably hasn't decided to invade yet, and it's not clear what the officials leading the talks with the US know.
— max seddon (@maxseddon) January 25, 2022
They've threatened "unpredictable and grave consequences" if those aren't met – and won't say what they are or why they're in such a hurry.
Putin “expects that big business can weaken the west’s Russia policy… it seems they see Italy as a weak link that he can influence so they push to weaken European sanctions policy if there’s a serious military escalation in Ukraine.”
— max seddon (@maxseddon) January 25, 2022
with @silvia_sb_https://t.co/VF9bWyT2kZ
The biggest thing that gave me pause in the early days of Russia's build-up near Ukraine last fall – which Russian and EU diplomatic sources thought was another ruse – was @KofmanMichael's very public fears Putin was getting ready to invade.
— max seddon (@maxseddon) January 25, 2022
His extended analysis is a must-read https://t.co/DiGHLVSUH3
.@AmbDanFried: Lukashenka's attack on Ukraine “is possible”.
— Denis Kazakiewicz (@Den_2042) January 24, 2022
Full text: https://t.co/oL92ClItw2
Russian tanks in Gomel region #Belarus
— Denis Kazakiewicz (@Den_2042) January 24, 2022
Source: @grad_harrison
pic.twitter.com/6S8OIbsUdm
Kalinkavichy, #Belarus
— Denis Kazakiewicz (@Den_2042) January 24, 2022
55 km away from the Ukrainian border
Via @MarQs__
pic.twitter.com/Mlyg8AjUGb
It is interesting to look at Ukraine in the context of what is happening in other countries – Putin instigated the events in Kazakhstan and seems to have his eyes on a full occupation of Belarus (though how would we even tell at this point).
Don’t-believe-until-they-deny-it statement from Lukashenka, “Never, never – at least until I am the president and you are the generals. We will not allow the occupation of Belarus. It will never happen… Never. We will die but we won’t allow this to happen.” pic.twitter.com/rRzkbQkacX
— Denis Kazakiewicz (@Den_2042) January 24, 2022
In addition to ordering US citizens to leave Ukraine, they have also been advised to leave Belarus.
U.S. citizens living in #Belarus are advised to “Make contingency plans to leave in the event of an emergency” in light of “unusual” military activity in Russia and Belarus near Ukrainian border https://t.co/7CuLwVnVZK
— Denis Kazakiewicz (@Den_2042) January 24, 2022
Turkey has sought to build influence among "brotherly" nations in the former Soviet Union — and has boosted trade and cooperation on some other fronts. But analysts say that events in Kazakhstan show that Russia is still the "big boss" in the region. https://t.co/oNalOKjhDR
— Laura Pitel (@laurapitel) January 25, 2022
Scene from joint naval drills between China, Iran and Russia in the Indian Ocean: pic.twitter.com/C0KDCz7Y6B
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 24, 2022
The buildup near Ukraine:
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 24, 2022
-via BBC pic.twitter.com/aUYapCyUo5
Meanwhile on the Ukrainian border. #Respect pic.twitter.com/jn8c0agFZh
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 22, 2022
I am not sure this figure is correct, but it is certainly a lot. The US sent an armada recently when Putin slowed transmission in the pipeline to a trickle.
Half of EU natural gas imports come from Russia
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 22, 2022
#GraphicTruth @gzeromediahttps://t.co/oHYRaugnFM
There's no doubt Putin is going to talk about losses for the Italian economy if Rome supports sanctions against Russia promised by the West in case of a new attack on Ukraine. In fact, many Italian businesses don't need to be persuaded to side with Russia: they already do.
— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) January 25, 2022
Frattini is known for his pro-Russian views. Here is just one example: his tweet from March 2020, advocating to lift sanctions on Russia, just as Russian military convoy was marching over Italy with so-called Covid aid, in what later turned out to be an intelligence operation pic.twitter.com/Uq0DP5DjDf
— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) January 25, 2022
Ukraine vs Russia military by the numbers: pic.twitter.com/fsZF4Tkdib
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 21, 2022
“Showing that NATO states are unable to coordinate even on economic, much less military, matters, would be as great a victory for Russia as ousting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.” Ben Dubow https://t.co/7aDTDTVjkn
— CEPA (@cepa) January 25, 2022
"Our societies and our countries have become so distant. Very few people in Moscow understand these days what is going on in Ukraine. We have this new alienation between our countries." @AndreiSoldatov tells @amykelloggfox about the gap between 🇺🇦 & 🇷🇺 https://t.co/DgRw311TuY
— CEPA (@cepa) January 25, 2022
In which @peterpomeranzev puts on a psychoanalyst hat and … pulls it off. Most insightful thing on #UkraineCrisis I have read with actual solutions too https://t.co/0adew9gw6p
— natalia antelava (@antelava) January 23, 2022
Russia's business elite have stayed silent even as they prepare for heavy losses as war looms. "We can’t do much when bigger political powers are at play. Our hands are tied,” said one businessman from the Russian Forbes 200 list. Story with @JakeCordell https://t.co/GuKjAGvqgR
— Pjotr Sauer (@PjotrSauer) January 25, 2022
Indeed, deep and well-argued lines by @FLojdquist, including this one: Moscow escalation is not only about Ukraine. It's about the West's ability and willingness to rise to the challenge adequately. It will define the Western credibility to provide security in Europe and globally https://t.co/LMmJ90d4j6
— Vytas Leškevičius (@Leskevicius) January 25, 2022
I suspect few Americans realize that Ukraine is the “bread basket of the world.”
Wheat prices surged to a two-month high as strained U.S.-Russia relations over Ukraine triggers concern about future grain shipments from Eastern Europe https://t.co/45vrlhspJt
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) January 25, 2022
Western leaders stepped up preparations for any Russian military action in Ukraine on Tuesday, with the United States focusing on how to protect energy supplies and Britain urging other European nations to get economic sanctions ready. https://t.co/m3MR4oqvdG
— CDE News (@CDNewsDispatch) January 25, 2022
As far as I can see, the new defense aid delivery to 🇺🇦Ukraine from the U.S. includes a lot of SMAW-Ds again.
— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) January 25, 2022
Along with the British and their NLAWs, the American are providing our military with weapons known to be effective in urban warfare.
Yeah I would be more cautious than him. Especially considering the long history of maskirovka in Soviet operational art.
— Spaghetti Kozak Media (@SpaghettiKozak) January 25, 2022
Vladimir Putin's last invasion of Ukraine was reactive: a response to a dramatic pro-European revolution in Kyiv in 2014 which the Kremlin viewed as an American assault on Russia's vital interests.
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) January 25, 2022
But since then, nothing much has changed pic.twitter.com/MMPmHAa9Pb
Russia’s military is at its strongest and most capable since the Cold War.
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) January 25, 2022
Its public finances are also in good order, and Mr Putin may believe he is well-placed to bear the costs of conflict and inevitable sanctions
The UK is preoccupied with domestic political dramas, and Nato’s European members are divided.
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) January 25, 2022
Meanwhile, Ukraine is slowly growing stronger
*BIDEN: PERSONALLY SANCTIONING PUTIN WOULD BE POSSIBLE
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) January 25, 2022
Days of Sunshine 