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18 February 2022 - Ukraine Special Weapons News
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- Ukraine values life of every citizen and does not plan any aggressive actions, do not trust fakes - Oleksii Reznikov Ukraine MOD 18 Feb 2022 -- The command of the Russian occupation forces in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the representatives of the Russian occupational administrations actively spread fake information and started openly intimidate citizens of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
- Speech of Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov during the hour of questions to the Government Ukraine MOD 18 Feb 2022
- Updated situation in the Joint Forces Operation area as of 11.00 February 18, 2022 Ukraine MOD 18 Feb 2022
- Update on the situation in the Joint Forces Operation area as of 07.00 February 18, 2022 Ukraine MOD 18 Feb 2022
- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Holds a News Conference With Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak, Warsaw, Poland DoD 18 Feb 2022 -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III; Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak
- Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meeting With Polish President Andrzej Duda DoD 18 Feb 2022
- Defense Secretary Visits Polish Ally as Russia Continues Provocations in Ukraine DoD News 18 Feb 2022 -- As Russian troops continue to amass on the borders of Ukraine, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III is visiting allies in Warsaw, Poland, and then moving to meet with U.S. and Polish troops working together at Powidz Air Base.
- Remarks by Vice President Harris, President Levits of Latvia, President Nausėda Of Lithuania, and Prime Minister Kallas of Estonia Before Multilateral Meeting The White House 18 Feb 2022
- Readout of Vice President Kamala Harris's Meeting with Baltic Leaders The White House 18 Feb 2022
- Readout of Vice President Harris's Meeting with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg The White House 18 Feb 2022
- Remarks by Vice President Harris and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Before Bilateral Meeting The White House 18 Feb 2022
- Background Press Briefing on the Vice President's Events in Munich, Germany The White House 18 Feb 2022
- NATO Secretary General takes part in call with US President Biden NATO 18 Feb 2022 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday (18 February 2022) took part in a secure conference call organised by the President of the United States Joe Biden on Russia's continued military build-up in and around Ukraine and continued efforts to pursue diplomacy.
- Secretary General meets US Vice President Kamala Harris NATO 18 Feb 2022 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed the security situation in Europe and the importance of strong transatlantic relations with the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, on the margins of the Munich Security Conference on Friday (18 February 2022).
- Prospect of War in Ukraine Raises Questions About Europe's Natural Gas Supply VOA 18 Feb 2022 -- One of the many unsettling questions raised by the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is what an armed conflict in Eastern Europe would do to the energy supply of the countries of the European Union, which have become increasingly reliant on Russian natural gas for electricity generation, industrial applications, and commercial and residential use.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ukraine's Zelenskiy Scheduled For Munich Conference, But Appearance Uncertain RFE/RL 18 Feb 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's scheduled appearance at the Munich Security Conference on February 19 remains uncertain as his country faces rising tensions with Moscow amid a massive buildup of Russian troops on its border.
- 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.
- 'Heading Towards War': DPR Head Warns Kiev Could Launch Full-Scale Offensive at Any Time Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- The head of the self-poclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, has warned the situation in Donbass is heading toward a full-scale war.
- Kiev Hopes for Trilateral Contact Group Meeting on Saturday Amid Donbass Escalation Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- Kiev is ready to do everything necessary to restore the ceasefire in Donbass, counts on holding a trilateral contact group meeting on Saturday, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk said.
- DPR Says Kiev Forces Fired 18 Rounds From 120-mm Mortars on Outskirts of Frontline Village Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- Donbass militia leaders ordered an evacuation of civilians from the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics on Friday, citing the threat of Ukrainian shelling and the danger of a full-scale invasion by Kiev. The escalation comes after months of claims by Western officials and media that it was Russia that was preparing to "invade" Ukraine.
- Ukrainian Forces Shell Sanzharovka Village in LPR Using 122mm Caliber Artillery, Lugansk Says Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- The Ukrainian armed forces on Friday shelled the Sanzharovka village in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) using a 122 mm caliber artillery system, the LPR representative office at the Joint Center on Control and Coordination (JCCC) told reporters.
- 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.
- Donetsk People's Republic Starts Evacuation of Civilians as Shelling by Ukrainian Forces Intensifies Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- Denis Pushilin, the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), said on Friday that a mass evacuation of the population to Russia has been organised over the threat of Ukrainian invasion.
- 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.
- Lugansk Suburbs Shelled in Ukrainian Military Attacks Overnight, Self-Proclaimed Republic Says Sputnik 18 Feb 2022 -- Ukrainian security forces fired again at the territory of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, opening fire in the suburbs of Lugansk, the LPR mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) said.
- 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
- 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 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.
- 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.
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