Witnesses say tanks and other military hardware are moving through Ukraine’s separatist-controlled city of Donetsk after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two breakaway regions and laid claim to all of Ukraine.
Israeli officials are worried that the imposition of US sanctions against Russia in response to a possible invasion of Ukraine could harm Israel’s security interests in Syria, according to a report Monday.
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A Russian invasion into neighboring Ukraine was underway Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering troops to enter the country’s east to “maintain peace.”
Europe was edging closer to war on Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two separate eastern Ukraine regions and called the U.S.-led NATO military alliance an “existential threat to Russia.”
The United States and Russian presidents tentatively agreed to meet to prevent a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. But sustained shelling in the east and Moscow’s move to recognize two rebel-controlled republics raised doubts about when and if the meeting would occur.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that Europe is heading towards its most significant armed conflict since the end of World War Two. He made the comments as the West fears for an imminent full-scale Russian invasion into Ukraine, where a flare-up of fighting has been seen between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists.
Russia’s strategic nuclear forces held exercises overseen by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, and Washington accused Russian troops massed near Ukraine‘s border of advancing and being “poised to strike.”
Russia will extend its military deployment in Belarus indefinitely in response to renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine, the Belarusian Defense Ministry announced on Sunday – the day the joint maneuvers were supposedly to have ended.
The U.S. Air Force sent F-35 fighters to Germany days after a B-52 Bomber Task Force arrived in England to reassure Allies amid increasing tensions in Eastern Europe. The deployments come as defense ministers from across the NATO alliance decided Feb. 16 to further strengthen deterrence and defense in response to Russia’s aggression on the Ukraine border.
Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine have ordered a total military mobilization amid mounting violence in the war-torn region.
The United States says Russia has likely amassed as many as 190,000 troops near and in Ukraine, suggesting a full-scale invasion remains possible.
There were reports of shelling in war-torn eastern Ukraine Thursday as U.S. President Joe Biden warned that Russia is looking for an excuse to invade its neighbor.
Britain said a request by Russia’s parliament that President Vladimir Putin should recognize the breakaway Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent showed “flagrant disregard” for Moscow’s peace process commitments.
The United States and Britain have accused Russia of lying about moving troops from Ukraine’s borders, saying Moscow is mobilizing for war.
Hungary and Poland have condemned the European Union’s top court for approving a mechanism under which they lose billions of euros in aid over rule of law concerns.
Ukrainian officials investigating Tuesday’s cyberattacks that brought down websites belonging to its Ministry of Defense, army and popular banks are now calling the incident the “largest” of its kind in the history of the country – and suspect Russia is the culprit.
The Russian military on Tuesday deployed long-range nuclear-capable bombers and fighter jets carrying state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to its air base in Syria for massive naval drills in the region amid soaring tensions with the West over Ukraine.
US missionaries in Ukraine have issued urgent calls for prayer for protection and for wisdom on whether to stay or leave as the current, dangerous Russia-Ukraine standoff continues, Christianity Today (CT) reports.
U.S. President Joe Biden warns that a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is possible, and an American security source tells Worthy News “there is already war” despite Moscow’s claims of a troops withdrawal.