On Feb. 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into neighboring Ukraine under the guise of a “special military operation.” Sources on the ground in Ukraine are reporting live on Twitter, and Military Times is chronicling these accounts and will continue to provide live updates from trusted sources as the situation progresses. You can find previous updates since the start of the invasion here.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Europeans on Friday to “take to the streets” to support Ukraine. Protesters did so in Bratislava, Frankfurt, Lyon, Prague, Tbilisi, Vienna and Vilnius.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 4, 2022
Follow live updates: https://t.co/IQ5B32Kuhf pic.twitter.com/JVLLZqfnU4
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 04 March 2022
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) March 4, 2022
Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/VteirKcFS2…
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/eWIJPuJdMU
Everyone should watch this. Sky News team comes under fire from Russian forces in Kyiv, despite making it clear they’re journalists.
— Andy Hughes (@AndyHughesCrime) March 4, 2022
Two colleagues were hit by bullets – corespondent Stuart Ramsay and Camerman Richie Mocker. They’re lucky to be alive. https://t.co/dU6ccny9lR
.@SecBlinken: The Kremlin should immediately cease all attacks around Ukrainian nuclear facilities, and allow civilian personnel to do their work to ensure the facilities’ safety and security. pic.twitter.com/uqs8ITfuYS
— Department of State (@StateDept) March 4, 2022
Ukraine still has 'significant majority' of its military aircraft -U.S. official https://t.co/knxZaKGW7E pic.twitter.com/Jab0efdAAp
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 4, 2022
Breaking News: The Russian government has blocked access to Facebook inside the country. It’s the latest instance of the Kremlin’s far-reaching campaign to clamp down on dissent in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/TVpeV1fvv9
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 4, 2022
Britain says the port city of Mariupol remains under Ukrainian control but has been encircled by Russian forces. The UNHRC condemns alleged Russian rights violation in Ukraine, these are the 5️⃣ stories you need to know pic.twitter.com/LgaLvPV7FR
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 4, 2022
NATO foreign ministers rejected any possibility of intervening against Russian forces in Ukraine, whether on the ground or in the air, the alliance’s secretary general said Friday. https://t.co/TjnFT8sDAz
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 4, 2022
Ukraine to confront Russia at Int'l Court of Justice on Monday https://t.co/I8hhcPuSNb pic.twitter.com/FAMCsToxEZ
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 4, 2022
✈️ Key flight corridors may face potentially lengthy blockages after EU and Moscow issued tit-for-tat airspace bans following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
— Reuters Graphics (@ReutersGraphics) March 4, 2022
We mapped the impact on flights. 👇https://t.co/i4gyEdMfHe
-Mariupol still under Ukrainian control
— Task & Purpose (@TaskandPurpose) March 4, 2022
-Not seeing radioactive leakage from Zaporizhzhia NPP (DOE effort, not DOD)
-No new amphibious efforts by Russia
-Airspace over Ukraine contested. Ukrainians still able to fly. AD active and effective.
-500+ missiles launched by Russia
Senior Defense Official Ukraine Brief 3/4/22:
— Task & Purpose (@TaskandPurpose) March 4, 2022
-Delivered $240/350 million in support to Ukraine
-14 countries delivered "security assistance" to Ukraine
-Russians haven't targeted deliveries yet
-Weapons sent are systems they've been trained on by US advisors prior to invasion
New US-Russia hotline — based at @US_EUCOM — has worked in its initial test this week, Russians picked up, a U.S. defense official says. The hotline is meant to avoid mishaps and misunderstandings in Europe as Russia's invasion of Ukraine advances
— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) March 4, 2022
Russia has now committed 92 percent of its pre-deployed combat power (over 150,000 troops) to its invasion of Ukraine, U.S. defense official says
— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) March 4, 2022
Ukraine government to sell NFTs to fund war against Russia https://t.co/PcThG4t2EF
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 4, 2022
"Allies agree that we should not have Nato planes operating over Ukrainian airspace or Nato troops on Ukrainian territory"
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) March 4, 2022
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is asked about a no-fly zone https://t.co/e8tMFbVpbm pic.twitter.com/6Q5Ylm2rOD
Ukraine war ally outreach. President Biden is scheduled to call President Duda of Poland this morning around 11:30am.
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) March 4, 2022
NATO Secretary said unequivocally at a news conference just now here in Brussels that NATO has seen Russia use cluster bombs in Ukraine.
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) March 4, 2022
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a blatant violation of international law. And we have seen the use of cluster bombs”
A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter jet shot down earlier today near the city of Volnovakha in eastern Ukraine.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 4, 2022
Photo: Ukraine's Defense Ministry. pic.twitter.com/ws0jFIOIGl
The Ukrainian military’s Operational Group East has posted to its Facebook page what it says are invasion plans captured from Russia’s 810th Naval Infantry Brigade https://t.co/ngSuQg98Jx
— Forbes (@Forbes) March 4, 2022
"Ukrainian cities have not seen such inhuman cruelty against our state since Nazi occupation"
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 4, 2022
Ukraine's President Zelensky says Russian bombs killed 47 people – "peaceful civilians" – on Thursday and this morning, a rocket hit a school buildinghttps://t.co/rRFDBioXj0 pic.twitter.com/WzqpQvKRnk
⚡️Ukraine's military: Russia exhausted most of its operational reserve in Ukraine.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 4, 2022
Russia has begun transferring troops from its Southern and Eastern Military Districts to replenish its ranks, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Anyone telling the truth about the war in Ukraine inside Russia is now a criminal facing 15 years in prison. Russia is racing towards Super North Korea status. https://t.co/YixQD9gD2i
— @eliothiggins.bsky.social (@EliotHiggins) March 4, 2022
Video released by Russian authorities shows Russian troops entering the Kyiv region in Ukraine. Graphic tracking the Russian invasion here: https://t.co/fxNIijWGvt pic.twitter.com/5TmoYFt65c
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 4, 2022
US is not sharing sensitive intelligence that could enable lethal strikes against the Russian military by Ukrainian forces, in part over concerns about being seen as a direct participant in the war, official says. https://t.co/GSMg7O4e72
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 4, 2022
#Ukraine regulator tells IAEA there has been no change reported in #radiation levels at the #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant site.
— IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ (@iaeaorg) March 4, 2022
BREAKING: Ongoing fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe – reports the power plant is on fire #Ukraine
— Yalda Hakim (@SkyYaldaHakim) March 4, 2022
