Russia-Ukraine Standoff: Here’s What We Know (Live Updates)

The standoff in Eastern Ukraine continues. Here’s a rundown of events so far and what may come next. I’ll continue adding live updates to this post as the situation develops.

The Kremlin doubles down on their troop and ship movements, the White House is ineffectual as always, and Ankara gets bolder with their support of Ukraine. That last development (which includes new Turkish drones and Syrian mercenaries) is particularly good for Kiev, but probably gives them little comfort since just about every player at the table has made it clear they won’t face open warfare with Russia.

Note: As of April 20, this post will not receive any further updates. I will continue monitoring developments and upload new posts to reflect changes moving forward.

For updates prior to April 17, please see the post embedded below:

So far, my previous forecasts still stand; neither proven or disproven. There’s no way to be sure what Moscow might do. They might not be sure themselves. What is clear is that the Biden administration was wildly overconfident when they initiated this confrontation and there are clear signs of them trying to back-peddle and distract the American public.

Speaking of predictions, read this:

That’s easy to do since the entire Western media is in the globalists’ pockets and are quickly distancing themselves from meaningful coverage of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Even Google is showing mostly irrelevant, stale, and useless results when one tries to search for updates.

New Developments:

7:00pm, 4/17/2021 CST

Ukrainian diplomat briefly detained and expelled from Russia

Canada suspends military training mission to Ukraine

“Huge” Russian base spotted in satellite images taken of Crimea

U.S. airlines warned about potential clashes between Russia and Ukraine

American media inexplicably shifts gears to talk about a new stimulus check

There’s nothing like offers of free money to distract people from world events. Too bad that a $600 check is a laughable way to combat poverty and joblessness.

10:00pm, 4/17/2021 CST

Czechs blame Russia for 2014 blast, expel diplomats

Russia beefs up its naval presence in the Black Sea

The Saker: Russian amphibious options

9:00am 4/18/2021 CST

UK warships to sail for Black Sea in May

Russia says it will retaliate hard against Czechs over diplomat expulsions

Turkey cannot extend the same support to Ukraine it has given to Azerbaijan

French President Emmanuel Macron insists on “red line” for Russia not to cross

Pope asks Ukraine and Russia to reconcile

12:00pm 4/18/2021 CST

Moscow claims to have foiled assassination atttempt on Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko

U.S. State Department responds to accusation of being involved in assassination/coup attempt in Belarus.

8:30pm 4/18/2021 CST

News media spins an “axis of evil” narrative with Russia, China, and Iran

BBC has taken it upon themselves to “fact check” Russia

7:30pm 4/19/2021 CST

EU threatens Russia as Navalny’s condition worsens

Biden Administration turns down Russia expert because he doesn’t hate Russia enough

BBC announces Russia is headed toward “catastrophe”

Fox News: Washington lied about Afghanistan as part of larger agenda against Russia

10:30pm 4/20/2021 CST

Biden’s “good cop, bad cop” routine is risky

U.S. Ambassador to Russia politely asked to go home for “consultations”

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