NEW statement from @FBI on bomb threats vs Historically Black Colleges & Universities [#HBCUs}, houses of worship & other faith-based/academic institutions
FBI confirms threats vs 57 institutions btw Jan 4-Feb 16 by "hone calls, email, instant messages & anonymous online posts"
"This investigation is of the highest priority for the Bureau & involves 31 FBI field offices that are actively working w/our local, state, & federal law enforcement partners to identify those involved" per @FBI statement
"The @FBI is investigating these cases as racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism & hate crimes" per statement
"Although at this time no explosive devices related to these threats have been found, the FBI takes all of these threats w/the utmost seriousness..."
Full @FBI statement on bomb threats vs 57 Historically Black Colleges & Universities [#HBCUs}, houses of worship & other faith-based/academic institutions:
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JUST IN: #Russia "not moving on #Kyiv as fast as they anticipated they would do...meeting more resistance than they expected" per a senior US defense official
But official says Russian troops still advancing
Signs #Russia is splitting some of its troops advancing from the south into NE & NW directions, per a senior US defense official
Indications #Russia|n forces trying to take a key dam, power plant - possibly including #cyberattacks vs the power plant, per a senior US defense official
US sanctioning:
- Public Joint Stock Company Sberbank of Russia (Sberbank)
- VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company (VTB Bank)
-Otkritie, Novikom & Sovcom (holding combined assets worth $80 billion)
.@USTreasury also imposing debt/equity restrictions on:
- Sberbank
- Gazprombank Joint Stock Company
- Joint Stock Company Russian Agricultural Bank
- Public Joint Stock Company Gazprom
-Public Joint Stock Company Gazprom Neft
- Public Joint Stock Company Transneft
BREAKING: Senior US defense official says #Russia's ops in #Ukraine just getting started
"What we are seeing is initial phases of a large scale invasion" per the official "They're making a move on #Kyiv"
BREAKING: #Russia op "clearly designed to take key population centers" per senior US defense official
"They have every intention of decapitating the [#Ukraine] government"
US seeing 3 lines of attack from #Russia, per senior defense official
- southern advance from #Crimea to #Kherson
- north-central advance from #Belarus to #Kyiv
- advance on #Kharkhiv, which is seeing the heaviest fighting