DefenceTalkUkraine on Wednesday began calling up reservists into the armed forces and urged its citizens to leave Russia immediately as the pro-Western country braced for a possible invasion. The call was issued a day after Russia’s upper house of parliament gave President Vladimir Putin permission to send “peacekeepers” into two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/facing-russia-threat-ukraine-calls-up-reservists-78050/

DefenceTalkChina on Wednesday accused the United States of “raising tensions” and “creating panic” over the Ukraine crisis, shortly after Washington announced sanctions against Moscow and said it would continue to supply weapons to Ukraine against a Russian invasion. Beijing has trod a cautious line on Ukraine as Moscow has massed thousands of troops on the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-accuses-us-of-raising-tensions-on-ukraine-issue-78044/

DefenceTalkNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that Russian forces continue to prepare for a potential attack on Ukraine after Moscow recognized two separatist regions as independent. “Every indication is that Russia continues to plan for a full-scale attack on Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said after an urgent meeting with Ukraine’s envoy. “We see that more and more […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-warns-russia-readying-for-full-scale-attack-on-ukraine-78031/

DefenceTalkEU members on Tuesday agreed a package of new sanctions against Russia that aims to inflict severe damage on the country after its recognition of breakaway regions in Ukraine, the EU foreign policy chief said. The 27 members of the EU unanimously agreed the measures at an informal meeting in Paris on the sidelines of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eu-agrees-sanctions-that-will-hurt-russia-78028/

DefenceTalkUkraine on Tuesday urged its Western allies to hit Russia with “tough sanctions” after President Vladimir Putin recognized two breakaway regions as independent and ordered in his troops. Putin’s move – which came with tens of thousands of Russian soldiers on Ukraine’s borders and fears of an all-out invasion – was quickly and widely condemned […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-urges-tough-sanctions-after-putin-orders-troops-into-rebel-regions-78025/

DefenceTalkRussia test fired nuclear-capable missiles on Saturday as President Vladimir Putin oversaw a dramatic military exercise and as the United States again warned that it believes Moscow plans to invade Ukraine within days. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile arrived in Germany to shore up support among Western allies, despite a significant increase in shelling in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-test-fires-missiles-as-us-warns-moscow-poised-to-invade-ukraine-78011/

DefenceTalkWestern leaders on Saturday said Russia and China were seeking to “replace the existing international rules” with their own order, as Beijing backed Moscow over its showdown with NATO. Russia has all but encircled Ukraine with its huge troop buildup and US President Joe Biden has warned that Vladimir Putin plans an invasion within days. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/west-voices-fears-of-russia-china-axis-78008/

DefenceTalkRussia said Friday it was withdrawing more tanks and other armored vehicles from areas near Ukraine’s border after running war games that had raised concerns in the West. “Another military train carrying personnel and military equipment belonging to tank army units of the western military district returned to their permanent bases in the Nizhny Novgorod […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-withdrawing-military-forces-from-near-ukraine-77992/

DefenceTalkPresident Vladimir Putin will on Saturday oversee military drills involving Russian “strategic forces” which will include ballistic and cruise missile launches, the defence ministry said. News of the drills come as Russia announces the pullback of troops from around Ukraine, a force that had driven concerns in the West — particularly Washington — that Moscow […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-to-oversee-russian-strategic-missile-drills-77988/

DefenceTalkRussia in recent days has announced several drawdowns of troops from Ukraine’s borders, raising hopes that a devastating military escalation in Ukraine can be averted. The West however says there has been no meaningful reduction in the assembled Russian force that has been at the centre of escalating tensions between Moscow and the West for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/what-we-know-about-russias-troop-deployment-near-ukraine-77985/