Natasha Bertrand

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RT @ZekeJMiller: MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's upper house gives President Vladimir Putin permission to use military force outside the country. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if Russian troops are already crossing into the Donbas, NATO chief @jensstoltenberg says “yes.” “What we see now are additional Russian troops and forces moving in,” he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Update: these remarks have been moved up and will now be at 1pm eastern, per pool — PolitiTweet.org

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The leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic told Russia 24 on Tuesday that "We do not rule out that at a certain point we will have to turn to the Russian Federation for help" with military support. But says "first of all we rely on ourselves, on our own forces." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZekeJMiller: MOSCOW (AP) — Putin asks lawmakers for permission to use force outside Russia; could pave the way for broader attack on Uk… — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden will provide an update on Russia and Ukraine at 2:00 p.m. ET in the East Room, the White House says. — PolitiTweet.org

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New: US Special Forces have left Ukraine from Lviv, according to US European Command spokesman Capt Bill Speaks.    A source familiar with their movements tells @MarquardtA that their last mission was to escort the US embassy personnel to Poland last night. — PolitiTweet.org

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“We think this is, yes, the beginning of an invasion, Russia's latest invasion into Ukraine,” Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer told @brikeilarcnn this morning, adding that the sanctions imposed Monday were the “beginning” of the US response, which will come in "waves." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarquardtA: US diplomats who left Ukraine for Poland overnight “for security reasons,” are beginning to return to Lviv, sources tells @… — PolitiTweet.org

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EU ambassador to Ukraine: — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maxseddon: Wow! Germany is killing the new $10bn Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia. That's a huge step after refusing to be drawn… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmhansler: NEW: @SecBlinken announces that "for security reasons, Department of State personnel currently in Lviv will spend the night… — PolitiTweet.org

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Confirming NBC: US officials have had private conversations with Ukrainian President Zelensky about leaving Kyiv for Lviv in western Ukraine should Russia further invade and the situation escalate, sources tell me and @kaitlancollins. — PolitiTweet.org

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“We knew this was going to happen," said one US official, adding that "this is exactly what we have been predicting -- that he would find a pretext to justify further action." “That's your invasion," said one European diplomat. — PolitiTweet.org

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Latest: Putin’s move to recognize breakaway eastern Ukrainian territories as independent could be the opening phase of a larger potential military operation targeting Ukraine, nearly a dozen US and western officials told CNN. https://t.co/7pLARBT1xM — PolitiTweet.org

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A senior admin official declined to say in call w/reporters whether Russia moving “peacekeeping” forces into eastern Ukraine itself constitutes an invasion, noting that “there have been Russian forces present in these areas” since 2014. Said US will be monitoring their actions. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @vmsalama: President Biden held a secure call with French President Macron and German Chancellor Scholz for 30 minutes, per the White Ho… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChristopherJM: Symbolic as there is already next to none of this to, from, or in Donetsk and Luhansk occupied territories. — PolitiTweet.org

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Just in from Psaki: “President Biden will soon issue an Executive Order that will prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by U.S. persons to, from, or in the so-called DNR and LNR regions of Ukraine.” https://t.co/1zEh4a6RqT — PolitiTweet.org

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Zelensky says he just spoke to Biden: — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PaulSonne: Putin set up the possibility of a wider invasion of Ukraine at the end of the speech, saying Kyiv must stand down in Donbas… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jimsciutto: Putin says it’s “madness” former Soviet republics were allowed to leave the USSR. Think of the many independent democratic… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maxseddon: I've had a few people around the Kremlin say that Ukraine was downstream from Nato: just an irritant in Russia's relations w… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@USAmbOSCE said earlier today that Russia moving to recognize DNR/LNR “would again result in the upending of the rules based international order, under the threat of force. This, dear colleagues, is deplorable, and, as the EU Amb said, condemnable.  And should be, by all of us.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Reminder via @kylieatwood @jmhansler: Secretary of State Tony Blinken has previously promised “a swift and firm response” from the US and allies and partners if Russia moves to recognize DNR/LNR as part of Russia, calling such a move a “gross violation of international law.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @idreesali114: BRUSSELS, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The European Union will ask member states to decide over sanctions on Russia should Moscow r… — PolitiTweet.org

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Good explainer here: “If Russia recognizes the two regions, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic, it could allow separatist leaders to request military help from Russia, possibly paving the way for a military offensive” https://t.co/4rN2Vufm13 — PolitiTweet.org

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This would be a devastating blow to the Minsk accords, a framework for peace in eastern Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

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Major claim from the Kremlin here that Putin told Scholz and Macron he will shortly sign a decree on the recognition of DNR/LNR in eastern Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org