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Feb 24 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
NEW: #Russia|n Ambassador to the @UN talking of "liberating" #Ukraine

"I am sure the ppl of Ukraine will be happy when they are liberated from the regime that occupied them" Vassily Nebenzia tells @VOANews following Security Council meeting
MORE: Ukraine leaders "got what what they were asking for" #Russia's ambassador to the UN told @VOANews
More: The vice chair of the US Senate Intelligence Committee is warning the scope of Russian ops is significant

"#Russia isn’t just focused on seizing eastern #Ukraine" per @marcorubio

"Forces are working towards isolating #Kyiv at this very moment"
While #Russia's ambassador to the United Nations talks of liberating #Ukraine, #Russia-backed media pushing #Putin's line that "We do not have plans to occupy Ukrainian territories"

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Feb 25
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
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Feb 25
Is #Russia's war against #Ukraine the work of a madman?

Pre-invasion, @POTUS described Vladimir #Putin's words bizarre & twisted

@SecBlinken said "deeply disturbing"

Others said Putin looked unhinged

But current/former intel officials say wait... 🧵
voanews.com/a/putin-s-gamb…
Current/former officials who spoke to @VOANews warn against writing #Russia's #Putin off as a leader-turned- crackpot

As recently as last year, William Burns, then the nominee to lead @CIA, warned lawmakers against underestimating Putin
Most assessments tend to see #Russia's #Putin as a very rational actor - ruthless, cunning and dangerous, with an appetite for risk
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Feb 24
NEW: #Russia continuing to flow in additional elements/troops into #Ukraine - headed to #Kyiv #Kharkhiv & #Kherson, per a senior defense official

More than 160 missiles have been launched so far

Some Russian soldiers also appear to have moved thru #Chernobyl area
"We still have no evidence of #Odessa right now being occupied or attacked" per a senior US defense official
#Russia|n troops - "They have gotten closer to #Kyiv" over past few hours, per a senior US defense official

Indications of active fighting in #Kharkhiv and arrival of more Russian airborne troops there
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Feb 24
DETAILS on new "significant & unprecedented" sanctions vs #Russia from @USTreasury

US actions targeting "nearly 80 percent of all banking assets in Russia" per statement
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)

per @USTreasury
.@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

(cont.)
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Feb 24
BREAKING: "The #Russia|n military's begun a brutal assault on the ppl of #Ukraine without provocation, without justification" per @POTUS

Says #Russia massed +175,000 troops to Ukraine's borders before launching the invasion Image
#Russia's Vladimir Putin "rejected every good-faith effort the #UnitedStates & our allies & partners made...to avoid needless conflict" per @POTUS
NEW: @POTUS blames #Russia for recent #cyber attacks vs #Ukraine
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Feb 24
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
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