Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
18 February 2022 - Russia Special Weapons News
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- Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Feb 2022
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to questions from RT television channel Moscow, February 18, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Feb 2022
- Remarks by President Biden Providing an Update on Russia and Ukraine The White House 18 Feb 2022
- Biden Believes Putin Has Made Decision to Invade Ukraine VOA 18 Feb 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden says Russian President Vladimir Putin has made up his mind to invade Ukraine.
- Biden Says U.S. 'Convinced' Putin Has Made Decision To Invade Ukraine RFE/RL 18 Feb 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden has said he is "convinced" Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the decision to invade Ukraine in the coming week but that he still held out hope a diplomatic solution could be reached.
- Biden Says He's 'Convinced' Putin Has 'Made the Decision to Invade Ukraine' in Coming Days Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- The self-declared people's republics of Lugansk and Donetsk announced on Friday plans to evacuate more than 700,000 civilians to western Russia amid a significant increase in bombardment of the area by Ukrainian forces.
- Readout of President Biden's Call with Transatlantic Leaders The White House 18 Feb 2022
- Joint Statement by the Foreign Minister of Germany, Annalena Baerbock and the Foreign Minister of France, Jean-Yves Le Drian on the situation in Donbas and at Ukraine's borders Germany Federal Foreign Office 18 Feb 2022 -- The increase in ceasefire violations along the line of contact in recent days is highly concerning. We condemn the use of heavy weaponry and indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas, which constitute clear violation of the Minsk agreements.
- UN Chief Urges 'Serious De-escalation' on Ukraine VOA 18 Feb 2022 -- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday of Russian troops surrounding Ukraine, that it is "high time to seriously de-escalate."
- Time to 'seriously de-escalate' tensions over Ukraine, Guterres tells Munich conference UN News 18 Feb 2022 -- With tensions continuing to mount over the Ukraine crisis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday that he still believed military conflict in Europe "will not happen" - although if it did, "it would be catastrophic".
- Conflict in Ukraine disrupting entire generation of children, says UNICEF UN News 18 Feb 2022 -- Attacks on kindergartens and schools have been a sad reality for children in eastern Ukraine over the last eight years, the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, said on Friday. Since the beginning of the conflict, more than 750 schools have been damaged.
- Russian FM Accuses NATO of 'Escalation for Sake of Escalation' Amid Troop Accumulation Claims Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- Even though Russia has provided evidence of pulling back some troops from Crimea and Belarus following the completion of drills, the North Atlantic alliance has continued to claim that Russian troop levels near the Ukrainian border are increasing.
- West, Russia Dispute Events in Eastern Ukraine VOA 18 Feb 2022 -- Western leaders and Russia maintained a withering war of words Friday in the weeks-long standoff over Ukraine and amid Kremlin threats to retaliate militarily unless NATO agrees to withdraw the small level of forces it has stationed in the formerly communist countries of Eastern Europe, now members of the Western alliance.
- Russia warns of 'alarming' situation in eastern Ukraine as Kiev continues to shell Donbass Press TV 18 Feb 2022 -- Russia has voiced serious concern about the unfolding situation in eastern Ukraine, as Kiev continues to shell the Donbass region for the second day running.
- Ukraine, rebels trade shelling accusations; US says Russia wants war 'pretext' Press TV 18 Feb 2022 -- Pro-Russia secessionists in eastern Ukraine have accused the West-backed Ukrainian government forces of launching an artillery barrage on a frontline village, with Moscow raising deep concern over the latest flare-up.
- Putin Orders Aid to Russia's Rostov Region Amid Influx of Refugees From Donbass Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday instructed the Emergency Situation Ministry (EMERCOM) to provide assistance to the southern region of Rostov amid an unprecedented influx of refugees coming from eastern Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
- Putin: Kiev Needs to Sit Down for Talks With Donbass Republics and Agree Measures to End War Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- As one of three guarantors to the 2015 Minsk Agreements on Ukrainian peace, Russia has regularly called on Kiev to implement the agreed upon measures in the peace plan, including amendments to the country's constitution to grant the breakaway Donbass regions broad autonomy.
- Lavrov: Russia 'Alarmed' by Escalation of Shelling, Use of Arms Banned by Minsk Accords in Donbass Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- The region was thrust into a civil war in the spring of 2014, in the aftermath of a US and EU-backed coup in Kiev.
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger, and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics and Deputy NEC Director Daleep Singh, February 18, 2022 The White House 18 Feb 2022
- CISA Releases New Insight to Help Critical Infrastructure Owners Prepare for and Mitigate Foreign Influence Operations CISA 18 Feb 2022 -- The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a new CISA Insight today, Preparing for and Mitigating Foreign Influence Operations Targeting Critical Infrastructure, which provides critical infrastructure owners and operators with guidance on how to identify and mitigate the risks of influence operations that use mis-, dis-, and malinformation (MDM) narratives.
- UK assess Russian involvement in cyber attacks on Ukraine UK FCDO 18 Feb 2022 -- LizTechnical information analysis shows the GRU was almost certainly involved in disruptive DDoS attacks
- U.S., U.K. Say Russian Government Responsible For Cyberattack On Ukraine RFE/RL 18 Feb 2022 -- The United States and Great Britain have accused Russia of being behind the February 15 cyberattacks on Ukraine's Defense Ministry and banking system.
- US Claims Russian Cyber Actors 'Likely' Targeted Ukrainian Gov't Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- The Biden administration believes Russian cyber actors recently targeted Ukrainian government entities, including its defense ministry, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger said on Friday.
- Foreign Secretary statement on Russia's failure to turn up to OSCE military build-up meeting for the second time UK FCDO 18 Feb 2022 -- Liz Truss gave a statement on Russia's failure to send a representative to an OSCE meeting about its military build-up on the border with Ukraine - for the second time.
- U.S. Statement for the Vienna Document Joint PC-FSC Chapter III Meeting U.S. Mission to the OSCE 18 Feb 2022 -- As delivered by Ambassador Michael Carpenter to the joint session of the Forum for Security Cooperation and Permanent Council, Vienna
- Russian envoy: US occupation must leave Syria, their presence threatens stability in region Press TV 18 Feb 2022 -- Russian President's Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa has urges the United States to end its illegitimate occupation of parts of Syria, saying the American forces' presence in the Arab country poses a threat to regional stability.
- Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III's Call With Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu DoD 18 Feb 2022
- Russia Announces New Drills Involving 'Strategic Forces' Amid Ukraine Crisis RFE/RL 18 Feb 2022 -- Russia's Defense Ministry has announced new strategic military maneuvers for February 19, to be overseen by President Vladimir Putin, amid concerns that the Kremlin is possibly planning an invasion of Ukraine.
- Russia's Black Sea Fleet Says 10 Su-24 Bombers Relocated From Crimea During Exercises Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- Russia's Black Sea Fleet said on Friday that 10 of its Su-24 bombers had been redeployed from the Crimean airfields to spare ones located in other regions of Russia as part of the drills.
- The Week In Russia: The 'New Normal' RFE/RL 18 Feb 2022 -- New COVID-19 cases shot above 200,000 a day; Kremlin opponent Aleksei Navalny went on trial again, this time in prison; and tension over Russia's military buildup near Ukraine's borders receded briefly but returned swiftly -- and looks likely to remain high for a long time.
- The Munich Security Conference: Dominated by the present crisis Germany Federal Foreign Office 18 Feb 2022 -- Foreign Minister Baerbock will attend the 58th Munich Security Conference from 18 to 19 February 2022. The conference is dominated by the Russian crisis, but also provides an opportunity to set new priorities, for example with respect to combatting the climate crisis.
- Germany Ready to 'Pay High Price' if Russia Invades Ukraine, Including End to Nord Stream 2, FM Says Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- Nord Stream 2, an energy mega-infrastructure project designed to deliver up to 55 billion cubic meters in additional gas from Russia to Germany via twin pipelines along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, was completed last fall and made fully ready for operation in December. It is now awaiting certification from German and European regulators.
- Russian-Belarusian talks President of Russia 18 Feb 2022 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin.
- Putin, Lukashenka To Meet Amid Joint Military Exercises RFE/RL 18 Feb 2022 -- Belarus's authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka says he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 18 to discuss "further activities" regarding joint military forces as the two countries hold military exercises together.
- Russia expels U.S. deputy chief of mission in retaliation People's Daily 18 Feb 2022 -- Bart Gorman, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, has been expelled from Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday.
- Spreading false information and hyping potential Russian invasion of Ukraine only adds obstacles to dialogue: Chinese FM Global Times 18 Feb 2022 -- Spreading false information and creating a tense atmosphere won't help solve the Ukraine crisis, while advocating for group confrontation and wielding the sanctions stick will only add obstacles to dialogue and negotiation, China's Foreign Ministry commented on the US' hyping of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Putin: Russia 'ready to work' with West on de-escalating tensions over Ukraine People's Daily 18 Feb 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow on Tuesday that he is "ready to work" with the West on de-escalating tensions, the latest signal that the prospect of war with Ukraine could be receding.
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions during a joint news conference following talks with Foreign Minister of the Hellenic Republic Nikos Dendias, Moscow, February 18, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Feb 2022
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