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Joint Forces Operation: 6 ceasefire violations yesterday, 1 Ukrainian serviceman wounded

Video of military movements in Donetsk

Ukraine's military intelligence says militants in occupied Donbas led by Russia's 8th CCA command are holding drills to exercise putting troops on hight combat alert. Besides, their artillery is also training hard

Joint Forces Operation: 6 ceasefire violations yesterday. 1 Ukrainian serviceman wounded

Occupation authorities in parts of Luhansk region are now contradicting their colleagues from occupied parts of Donetsk region and authorities in Moscow, saying that they are not observing any Ukrainian build-up or preparations of offensive

Head of occupation authorities in parts of Donetsk region says he would ask Russia and Belarus for help in case of deterioration situation at Donbas

Clashes reported in western Donetsk this afternoon

In his meeting today in Stockholm, @SecBlinken, according to @StateDept, reiterated to Foreign Minister Lavrov the US call for Russia "to pull back its forces and return to a peacetime posture and to adhere to the Minsk agreements and a ceasefire in the Donbas

Josep Borrell Fontelles: Important meeting Foreign Minister @DmytroKuleba to discuss the worrying security situation at Ukraine's Eastern border. Considering options to show EU's unwavering support to Ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity in face of rising tensions

Joint Forces Operation: 4 ceasefire violations yesterday. 1 Ukrainian serviceman killed

Russian Forces attempted to remotely deploy POM-2 anti-personnel mines in Maryinka today, as of result 41y.o. civilian wounded

Sec Blinken says that at the "appropriate time" the US will share with Moscow details of what the consequences will be if they move forth to invade Ukraine. He doesn't explicitly say if he'll share details with FM Lavrov when they meet tomorrow or not, when asked by @MarquardtA

US @SecBlinken: the idea that Ukraine represents a threat to Russia, or that @NATO represents a threat to Russia, is profoundly misguided. Blinken says the idea would be a joke if the situation weren't so serious

[email protected] says it is unclear whether Russian President Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, but said that "he's putting in place the capacity to do so on short order, should he so decide”

Sec of State Blinken calls it "perplexing… a bad joke" that Moscow accuses Kyiv of planning an attack. "The idea that Ukraine presents a threat to Russia or NATO presents a threat to Russia is profoundly wrong," he says

@SecBlinken expressed deep concern "by evidence that Russia has made plans for significant aggressive moves against Ukraine," including "efforts to destabilize Ukraine from within, as well as large scale military operations”

Ukrainian FM Kuleba: Any Russia's demands about NATO membership are illegitimate

Stoltenberg: "NATO respects the decision of countries - like the Baltic countries, Poland when they decided to join and we also respected the decision of Ukraine that they aspire to NATO membership

@SecBlinken taking questions from reporters on a visit to Latvia-Blinken: the purpose of this is to dissuade Mr. Putin from making a bad decision on Ukraine

Stoltenberg: "Ukraine is an independent sovereign nation with internationally recognised borders, guaranteed by Russia & all the other powers. Those borders. should be respected & that includes of course Crimea as part of Ukraine and Donbass as part of Ukraine

@jensstoltenberg argues Russia's perception that Ukraine seeking to join NATO is a provocation by the alliance is wrong. NATO simply respects the decision of a sovereign Ukraine.

US @SecBlinken on relations with Russia: should Russia follow the path of confrontation [on Ukraine], we have made clear we will respond resolutely.we shared our thinking with allies and partners.I found solidarity

The NATO chief says the whole idea of Russia having a sphere of influence "is not acceptable". @jensstoltenberg says: "They try to re-establish some kind of acceptance that Russia has a right to control what neighbours do or not do

A message from NATO Chief @jensstoltenberg to President Putin - you have no right to a "sphere of influence" to control your neighbours

Railway in central Donetsk is being cleaned-up for the first time since summer 2014

Russian Foreign Ministry accuses Ukraine of abandoning attempts to settle conflict in Eastern Ukraine peacefully

Joint Forces Operation: 4 ceasefire violations yesterday

Russian FM Lavrov is increasing hostile rhetorics against Ukraine, accusing West in pushing Ukraine into military solution in Eastern Ukraine, says he hopes that “Ukrainian authorities will no do as Saakashvili did in 2008”

Ukrainian Military: yesterday Russian forces launched 48 122mm artillery shells towards Stanitsa Luhanska area and 39 120mm mortar mines at Staryi Aidar

Joint Forces Operation: 8 ceasefire violations yesterday, 2 Ukrainian servicemen wounded